Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 自己犠牲(じこぎせい) in Japanese

自己犠牲
Kana Reading
じこぎせい
Romaji
jikogisei
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
    Example sentence
    彼の死は崇高な自己犠牲だった。 His death was a sublime self-sacrifice.

Examples of 自己犠牲, じこぎせい in a sentence

Kanji in this word

牲 JLPT 1

9 strokes

animal sacrifice, offering

On'Yomi: セイ

Kun'Yomi:

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犠 JLPT 1

17 strokes

sacrifice

On'Yomi: ギ, キ

Kun'Yomi: いけにえ

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己 JLPT 1

3 strokes

self, snake, serpent

On'Yomi: コ, キ

Kun'Yomi: おのれ, つちのと, な

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自 JLPT 4

6 strokes

oneself

On'Yomi: ジ, シ

Kun'Yomi: みずか.ら, おの.ずから, おの.ずと

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