自じ信しん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to belief in one's own abilities, judgment, or worth. Often used in phrases like 自信がある (to have confidence) and 自信を持つ (to be confident).

〈事こと〉に自じ信しんがあるto be confident about something
彼かれは英えい語ごに自じ信しんがある。
He is confident in his English.
自じ信しんを持もつto have/gain confidence
もっと自じ分ぶんに自じ信しんを持もってください。
Please have more confidence in yourself.
自じ信しんを失うしなうto lose confidence
試し験けんに落おちて自じ信しんを失うしなった。
I lost my confidence after failing the exam.
自じ信しんをつけるto build up confidence
練れん習しゅうを重かさねて自じ信しんをつけた。
I built up confidence through repeated practice.
自じ信しんを取とり戻もどすto regain one's confidence
彼かの女じょはコーチの言こと葉ばで自じ信しんを取とり戻もどした。
She regained her confidence thanks to her coach's words.

確かく信しんN1
確信 is firm certainty about a fact or outcome, while 自信 is belief in one's own ability or worth.
自じ負ふ
自負 is a more literary term for quiet pride in one's own ability or achievement, while 自信 is the everyday word for self-confidence.
自じ尊そん心しんN1
自尊心 refers to a broader sense of self-respect and dignity, while 自信 is more specifically confidence in one's abilities or judgment.
成せい算さんN1
自信 expresses personal confidence in oneself or one's ability, while 成算 is about the objective likelihood that a specific plan or endeavor will succeed.

不ふ安あんN3
不安 is anxiety or unease, the emotional opposite of the steady self-belief expressed by 自信.
コンプレックスN1
コンプレックス is a feeling of inferiority about something, while 自信 is confidence, the opposite feeling.

自じ身しんN3
自身 (oneself) is a homophone of 自信 (self-confidence) but means something entirely different, so listeners must rely on context.
プライドN2
自信 means confidence in one's own abilities, while プライド is about self-respect or dignity, which can exist even without confidence.
自じ慢まんN3
自信 means quiet self-confidence in one's own ability, while 自慢 means actively boasting about it to others.

Compound of 自 (self) and 信 (trust, belief). The meaning 'self-confidence' is transparent from the components.