自じ力りき

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

one's own strength; one's own efforts

Used when someone accomplishes something without relying on others; often appears in phrases like 自力で (by oneself).

• 彼かれは自じ力りきで問もん題だいを解かい決けつした。

  He solved the problem by himself.

• 自じ力りきで立たち上あがる力ちからがまだない。

  I still don't have the strength to stand up on my own.

noun

self-salvation

Buddhist term referring to achieving salvation through one's own efforts, as opposed to relying on external divine help.

• 浄じょう土ど真しん宗しゅうでは、自じ力りきではなく他た力りきを説とく。

  Jōdo Shinshū teaches salvation through other-power, not self-power.