Word Meaning 自治

じち jichi

自治 is read as じち (jichi) and means local (governmental) autonomy.

Meaning

English

  1. local (governmental) autonomy
  2. self-government
  3. autonomy

Reading

Kana

じち

Romaji

jichi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 官治 Rank 1468 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

自治体

じちたい

municipality

自治権

じちけん

autonomy

自治会

じちかい

student council

自治大学

じちだいがく

Jichi University

自治体学会

じちたいがっかい

Japan Association of Local Government Policy Studies

自治行政

じちぎょうせい

self-government

自治共和国

じちきょうわこく

autonomous republic

自治機関

じちきかん

self-governing body

地方自治

ちほうじち

local (governmental) autonomy

半自治

はんじち

semi-autonomy

自治省

じちしょう

Ministry of Home Affairs (1960-2001)

自治領

じちりょう

self-governing dominion

Example Sentences

5

Russia and China have many autonomous regions.

The municipal government is at their wits' end concerning the garbage problem.

I don't think it's always right for local governments to submit to the central government.

Even after the legal age of adulthood got lowered to 18, it seems like there's still a lot of places where they continue to do their coming of age ceremonies at 20, as they'd been doing before.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.