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自明 (じめい, jimei) Japanese meaning: self-evident | Kotomora
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その 説せつ 明めい が 不ふ 十じゅう 分ぶん で ある こと は 自じ 明めい だ 。
It is obvious that the explanation is insufficient.
This is treated as a self-evident truth.
From the definition, this proposition is trivial.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 は 自じ 明めい である it is self-evident that ~
It's self-evident that his argument is correct.
自じ 明めい な 〈 事こと 〉 an obviously true fact or matter
That is a self-evident fact.
〈 事こと 〉 を 自じ 明めい の 前ぜん 提てい とする to take something as a self-evident premise
Expressions 自じ 明めい の 理り self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom Related words 明らか is a broad word for 'clear' or 'evident', while 自明 more strongly implies that no proof or explanation is needed.
当たり前 is the everyday, conversational word for 'obvious' or 'normal', whereas 自明 sounds formal and logical.
当然 expresses that something is natural or expected, while 自明 focuses on something being self-evidently true without proof.
自明 means self-evident without need for proof, a narrower and more logical sense than the broader obviousness of 明白.
Word family trivial solution
nontrivial; non-obvious
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 自, 'self,' and 明, 'clear/bright'; the spelling transparently suggests something being clear in itself. This is a component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.
The theory takes the rationality of markets as a self-evident premise.
