自覚

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自 覚
じ
Grade: 2 		かく
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
自覺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

自(じ)覚(かく) • (jikaku) 

  1. (Buddhism) "higher mind": one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path, equivalent to समाधि (samādhi)
  2. self-consciousness, self-awareness
    国(こく)民(みん)としての自(じ)覚(かく)が必(ひつ)要(よう)だ。
    Kokumin toshite no jikaku ga hitsuyō da.
    (Self-)Awareness as citizens of the nation is required. → We need to be aware of our national identity.

Verb

自(じ)覚(かく)する • (jikaku suru) transitive suru (stem 自(じ)覚(かく)し (jikaku shi), past 自(じ)覚(かく)した (jikaku shita))

  1. to become aware of, to notice, to realize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "自覚する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 自覚し じかくし jikaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 自覚し じかくし jikaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 自覚する じかくする jikaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 自覚する じかくする jikaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 自覚すれ じかくすれ jikaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 自覚せよ¹
自覚しろ² 		じかくせよ¹
じかくしろ² 		jikaku seyo¹
jikaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 自覚される じかくされる jikaku sareru
Causative 自覚させる
自覚さす 		じかくさせる
じかくさす 		jikaku saseru
jikaku sasu
Potential 自覚できる じかくできる jikaku dekiru
Volitional 自覚しよう じかくしよう jikaku shiyō
Negative 自覚しない じかくしない jikaku shinai
Negative continuative 自覚せず じかくせず jikaku sezu
Formal 自覚します じかくします jikaku shimasu
Perfective 自覚した じかくした jikaku shita
Conjunctive 自覚して じかくして jikaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 自覚すれば じかくすれば jikaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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