JLPT N1 · な-adjective

自在 (jizai)

自在 (じざい, jizai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “being able to do as one pleases; doing at will”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: じざい
Romaji: jizai
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
pothook · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

彼はフランス語が自在にこなせる。

He has a good command of French.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 自在

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	自在だ	じざいだ jizaida
Present (polite)	自在です	じざいです jizaidesu
Negative	自在じゃない	じざいじゃない jizaijanai
Past	自在だった	じざいだった jizaidatta
Negative past	自在じゃなかった	じざいじゃなかった jizaijanakatta
Te-form	自在で	じざいで jizaide
Before a noun	自在な	じざいな jizaina
Adverb (~ni)	自在に	じざいに jizaini

Kanji in 自在

自

oneselfジ・シ・みずか.ら・おの.ずから · 6 strokes

在

exist, outskirts, suburbsザイ・あ.る · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 自在.

自分じぶんmyself自転車じてんしゃbicycle自動車じどうしゃcar自由じゆうfreedom自殺じさつsuicide自身じしん(one's) self自然しぜんnature自動じどうautomatic自慢じまんpride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.)自己じこself不自由ふじゆうdiscomfort各自かくじeach (person)自衛じえいself-defense自習じしゅうself-study

Source: JMdict entry 1317750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.