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自体

Reading

Kana: じたい
Romaji: jitai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

itself

2

one's own body; oneself

adv
3

originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

Example Sentences

競争(きょうそう)それ自体(じたい)(わる)くない。
➥Competition is not bad in itself.
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(とく)はそれ自体(じたい)(むく)いである。
➥Virtue is its own reward.
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この(くすり)はそれ自体(じたい)では(どく)ではない。
➥This medicine is not a poison in itself.
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(かんが)えそれ自体(じたい)は、(わる)くない。
➥The idea is not in itself a bad one.
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人間(にんげん)存在(そんざい)自体(じたい)奇跡(きせき)である。
➥Our existence is a miracle in itself.
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競争(きょうそう)それ自体(じたい)(ぜん)でも(あく)でもない。
➥Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.
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