noun:

• self-defence fire brigade; fire brigade associated with building, company, etc.

noun:

• shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
• reflection; image
• ominous sign
• light (stars, moon)
• trace; shadow (of one's former self)

noun / adjectival noun:

• selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will - four character idiom

noun:

• human (in Ainu); one's fellow man; kin; comrade - From Ainu
• self-referential term used by the Ainu about their people ➜ アイヌ

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

noun:

• one's self-possession; one's presence of mind

noun:

• self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; discipline
• confinement to one's home; house arrest

noun:

• self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to assume the air of ...; to behave like ... - after noun, adjectival noun or adj-stem

godan ~る verb:

• to put on airs; to be self-important - colloquialism

noun:

• natural healing power; self-healing power; spontaneous cure

noun:

• suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

expression:

• person of poor character; narrow-minded; unpleasant person; gossip-monger; person of low self-esteem

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

noun:

• autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

noun:

• self-serve system for toothbrushes, razors, etc. in business hotels - From English "amenity viking" ➜ バイキング

noun:

• self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident

godan ~る verb:

• to draw a tile from the wall - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸
• to win on a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸

noun:

• free drink; free drinks
• free refills; bottomless cup; all-you-can-drink; self-service soda fountain - From English "free drink"

noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

expression:

• the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up - colloquialism ➜ 大きな顔をする・でかい顔する

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up - colloquialism ➜ 大きな顔をする

noun:

• one's true character; one's true self; oneself
• seriousness; earnestness

noun / ~の noun:

• one's own strength; one's own efforts

noun:

• self-salvation - Buddhism term