Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 自在(じざい) in Japanese

自在
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
じざい
Romaji
jizai
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    freely; at will
    Example sentence
    彼はフランス語が自在にこなせる。 He has a good command of French.

Examples of 自在, じざい in a sentence

Kanji in this word

在 JLPT 3

6 strokes

exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

On'Yomi: ザイ

Kun'Yomi: あ.る

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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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