noun / ~する noun:

• putting a name (self, company, etc.) on something (e.g. engraving, printing, etc.)

adjectival noun / noun:

• willful; wilful; selfish; self-centered; egoistic
• carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling; free spirited

noun:

• bodyguard; bouncer; guard
• bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
• stick or pole used for self-defence - orig. meaning

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.) - From English "drink bar"

noun / ~する noun:

• studying in the morning (by oneself); brief "self-study" period before morning classes begin

noun / adjectival noun:

• acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; eccentricity
• being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery; dandyism; coxcombry; gaudiness

noun / ~する noun:

• pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with cellphone camera); self-taken picture; selfie - colloquialism

noun:

• local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction

godan ~る verb:

• to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly ➜ 偉がる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction ➜ 悦に入る

noun / ~の noun:

• arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster - often as 威張り屋さん

noun:

• self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)

noun:

• robot car; self-driving car; autonomous car ➜ 自動運転車

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing; unassuming; well-behaved; low-key; temperate; in small quantities

noun / ~する noun:

• giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction ➜ 名ノリ
• name readings of kanji

noun:

• spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures - four character idiom

noun:

• top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down

noun / ~する noun:

• going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
• going and coming back

noun:

• upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
• first and second volumes

noun:

• Self-Strengthening Movement; Westernization Movement; political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty

noun / ~する noun:

• self-respect
• prudence; not acting rashly; restraining oneself
• taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

noun:

• self-styled humanitarian; chivalrous person; persons acting under the pretence of chivalry who formed gangs and engaged in gambling ➜ 渡世人・男伊達・町奴

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

noun / ~する noun:

• parturition; delivery; one's child; branch; offshoot; one's other self