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自立 (じりつ, jiritsu) Japanese meaning: independence | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 自立する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 自じ 立りつ する 自じ 立りつ しない Polite 自じ 立りつ します 自じ 立りつ しません Past polite 自じ 立りつ しました 自じ 立りつ しませんでした Past 自じ 立りつ した 自じ 立りつ しなかった Te-form 自じ 立りつ して 自じ 立りつ しないで Desire 自じ 立りつ したい 自じ 立りつ したくない Potential 自じ 立りつ できる 自じ 立りつ できない Passive 自じ 立りつ される 自じ 立りつ されない Causative 自じ 立りつ させる 自じ 立りつ させない Causative passive 自じ 立りつ させられる 自じ 立りつ させられない Volitional 自じ 立りつ しよう Polite volitional 自じ 立りつ しましょう Imperative 自じ 立りつ しろ 自じ 立りつ するな Conditional 自じ 立りつ すれば 自じ 立りつ しなければ Tara conditional 自じ 立りつ したら 自じ 立りつ しなかったら
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りつ
し
て
一人ひとり
暮ぐ
らし
を
始はじ
め
た
。
I became independent from my parents and started living alone.
My goal is to become financially independent.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 から 自じ 立りつ する to become independent from someone (e.g. one's parents)
She became independent from her parents after graduating college.
経けい 済ざい 的てき に 自じ 立りつ する to achieve financial independence
He is not yet financially independent.
自じ 立りつ を 目め 指ざ す to aim for independence
The facility aims for the independence of people with disabilities.
自じ 立りつ した 〈 人ひと 〉 a self-reliant, independent person
She is an independent woman.
Related words· 7 自立 focuses on personal or financial self-reliance, while 独立 more often describes political, organizational, or national independence.
自立 emphasizes becoming independent and standing on one's own, while 自助 focuses on the effort of helping oneself without relying on others.
自立 emphasizes becoming independent or self-supporting, especially financially or emotionally, while 自主 emphasizes acting or deciding on one's own initiative.
自立 covers independence broadly, including emotional or social independence, while 自活 refers specifically to earning enough money to support oneself.
Show 3 more 自立 is the formal, general word for becoming independent (financially, socially, etc.), while 独り歩き specifically evokes the image of walking or moving on one's own without support.
自立 focuses on the state of being able to stand on one's own and support oneself, while 巣立ち focuses on the moment or event of departing into that independent life.
自立 focuses on being self-supporting or self-reliant in daily life or finances, whereas インディペンデント is broader and often describes creative or organizational independence.
Opposites 自立 means standing on one's own without help, whereas 依存 means relying on someone or something else.
自立する means to become independent and stand on one's own, the opposite of 頼る which means to lean on others for support.
自立 means standing on one's own without relying on others, the opposite of the dependent, indulgence-seeking attitude described by 甘え.
Don't confuse with 自立 and 自律 share the same reading じりつ, but 自立 means practical self-support while 自律 means self-discipline or moral/behavioral autonomy.
自治 and 自立 share the kanji 自 and look similar, but 自治 refers to a group or region governing itself, while 自立 means an individual standing on their own without depending on others.
Word family stand-alone; self-contained
spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence
independent word; free-standing word
not independent; dependent
Etymology Compound of 自 (self) and 立 (stand). The meaning 'independence' is transparent from the kanji components.
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かる
N1
自立する means to become independent and stand on one's own, the opposite of 寄り掛かる's sense of depending on someone else.
economic independence; self-sufficiency; autarky
children's self-reliance support facility
