noun / ~する noun:

• measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)

noun:

• self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character

noun:

• self-conceited person; ego-tripper; swelled head - four character idiom

noun:

• self-cleansing power; being capable of purifying oneself - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance - four character idiom

pronoun:

• self-deprecating first person pronoun used in letters - archaism - male language

noun:

• personal funds; one's own money; self-funding

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• self-satisfaction (esp. in a nationalistic sense); smugness - orig. used specifically to make fun of Koreans, now broader - slang - derogatory term - From Korean "heolheol"

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

noun:

• automatic action; automation operation; self-motion
• intransitive verb ［自動］ - abbreviation - Linguistics term ➜ 自動詞

noun:

• scuba; self-contained under-water breathing apparatus

noun:

• self-immolation; burning oneself to death; suicide by fire

noun:

• birthplace
• descent; blood-lines; origins
• one's outward self

noun:

• Vice-Admiral (Maritime Self-Defence Force of Japan) (defense)

noun:

• lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person

noun:

• (the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)

noun:

• self deprecating first person pronoun used by the elderly - archaism - male language

noun:

• infantry troops (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)

noun:

• self-service copying (of documents) - From English "self-copy"

noun:

• riichi with self-draw win (common pair of yaku) - Mahjong term

noun:

• roux (mixture of butter and flour used to make sauces); sauce made from such a mixture - From French
• (Japanese) curry powder; curry sauce made from this powder

adjectival noun / noun:

• selfish; egoist
• self-indulgent; wilful; willful - archaism

noun:

• brake; drag; skid; pawl

noun / ~する noun:

• restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit; check

noun:

• making arbitrary decisions which benefit oneself; self-approved plan

noun / ~の noun:

• self-defrosting equipment (freezer, refrigerator, etc.) - From English "no frost"