I Love Kanji自然 (shizen)
自然 (しぜん, shizen) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “nature”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しぜん
- Romaji
- shizen
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- nature · noun
- natural; spontaneous; automatic · な-adjective, noun
- naturally; spontaneously; automatically · adverb, adverb (taking と)
Example sentences
エコロジーのために堪え忍ぶのではなく、自然と調和した住環境の快適性が必要である。
Not just for the sake of the ecology, a natural living environment is necessary.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 自然
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 自然だ | しぜんだ shizenda |
| Present (polite) | 自然です | しぜんです shizendesu |
| Negative | 自然じゃない | しぜんじゃない shizenjanai |
| Past | 自然だった | しぜんだった shizendatta |
| Negative past | 自然じゃなかった | しぜんじゃなかった shizenjanakatta |
| Te-form | 自然で | しぜんで shizende |
| Before a noun | 自然な | しぜんな shizenna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 自然に | しぜんに shizenni |
Kanji in 自然
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 自然.
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自宅じたくone's home
Source: JMdict entry 1318090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.