自おのずと

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Meanings

Describes something happening spontaneously, without external force, or as a natural consequence. Often used when a result emerges on its own over time.

努ど力りょくを続つづければ、自おのずと結けっ果かはついてくる。
If you keep making an effort, results will naturally follow.
時じ間かんが経たてば、自おのずと分わかるだろう。
With time, you'll understand naturally.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が自おのずとわかるto naturally come to understand something
続つづけているうちに、コツが自おのずとわかってきた。
As I kept practicing, I naturally began to understand the trick.
〈事こと〉が自おのずと決きまるfor something to naturally settle or resolve itself
議ぎ論ろんを重かさねるうちに、結けつ論ろんは自おのずと決きまってきた。
After much discussion, the conclusion naturally settled itself.
時じ間かんが経たてば自おのずと〈事こと〉with time, something will naturally happen
時じ間かんが経たてば自おのずと傷きずは治なおるだろう。
Given enough time, the wound will naturally heal.

Kanji

自oneself

Related words

ひとりでにN2
自ずと and 独りでに both mean something happens by itself without outside help, but 独りでに is more colloquial and often used for machines or physical objects moving on their own.
当とう然ぜんN3
自ずと describes an outcome emerging spontaneously over time, while 当然 stresses that something is logically or socially to be expected as a matter of course.
自おのずからN1
自ずと and 自ずから both mean 'naturally, of its own accord', but 自ずから sounds more literary or formal than the everyday 自ずと.

Opposites

意い図と的てき
自ずと means something happens naturally and without effort, whereas 意図的 describes an action done deliberately and on purpose.

Written forms

自おのずとUsage38%
Standard kanji spelling.
おのずとUsage62%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
自おのずと
Rare variant spelling; 自ずと is strongly preferred.

Etymology

A later adverbial form related to おのずから, “naturally; of itself.” Both continue an older reflexive expression meaning that something occurs through its own nature, without deliberate intervention.