自ら
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 自 |
| みずか Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 躬ら (rare) 親ら (rare) |
⟨mi2 tu kara⟩ → */mʷɨdukara/ → /mid͡zukara/ → /mizukara/
Originally a compound of 身 (mi, “body”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 柄 (kara, “quality, characteristic → by itself”).[1][2]
The okurigana ら (ra) is used to indicate the reading.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
自ら • (mizukara) ←みづから (midukara)?
Derived terms[edit]
- 手自ら (temizukara)
- 身自ら, 躬自ら (mimizukara)
Idioms[edit]
Proverbs[edit]
Proverbs
- 自ら直きの箭を恃まば百世矢無からん (mizukara naoki no ya o tanomaba hyakusei ya nakaran)
- 自ら卑うすれば尚し (mizukara hikuu sureba tattoshi)
- 自ら墓穴を掘る (mizukara boketsu o horu)
- 薫は香を以て自ら焼く (kun wa kō o motte mizukara yaku)
- 剛戻自ら用う (gōrei mizukara mochiu)
- 天の作せる孽は猶違くべし、自ら作せる孽は逭るべからず (ten no naseru wazawai wa naosakubeshi, mizukara naseru wazawai wa nogarubekarazu)
- 天は自ら助くる者を助く (ten wa mizukara tasukuru mono o tasuku)
- 虎を養いて自ら患いを遺す (tora o yashinaite mizukara urei o nokosu)
- 汝自らを知れ (nanji mizukara o shire)
- 人必ず自ら侮りて然る後に人これを侮る (hito kanarazu mizukara anadorite shikaru nochi ni hito kore o anadoru)
- 人に勝たんと欲する者は必ず先ず自ら勝つ (hito ni katan to hossuru mono wa kanarazu mazu mizukara katsu)
Noun[edit]
自ら • (mizukara) ←みづから (midukara)?
Pronoun[edit]
自ら • (mizukara) ←みづから (midukara)?
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 自 |
| おのずか Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 自ら – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 自ら, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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