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Japanese
Etymology 1
⟨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
Adverb
自ら • (mizukara) ←みづから (midukara)?
- personally, by or for oneself
- Synonyms: 自分自身で (jibun-jishin de), 身自ら (mimizukara)
Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs
Noun
自ら • (mizukara) ←みづから (midukara)?
- oneself
- Synonyms: 自分 (jibun), 自分自身 (jibun-jishin)
Pronoun
自ら • (mizukara) ←みづから (midukara)?
- (obsolete) first-person pronoun: I, me
- Synonym: 私 (watakushi)
Etymology 2
| 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.)
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References
- ^ 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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: 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