Word Meaning 自給 (Jikyuu): Self-Support

Meaning

English

self-support

Reading

Kana

じきゅう

Romaji

jikyuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 12630 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

自給自足

じきゅうじそく

self-sufficiency

自校給食

じこうきゅうしょく

on-site provision of school meals

自給率

じきゅうりつ

(the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)

自動給餌器

じどうきゅうじき

automatic pet feeder

食料自給率

しょくりょうじきゅうりつ

food self-sufficiency rate

自治

じち

local (governmental) autonomy

自信

じしん

self-confidence

自由

じゆう

freedom

自然

しぜん

nature

自宅

じたく

one's home

自殺

じさつ

suicide

自覚

じかく

self-consciousness

Example Sentences

1

世捨て人となり仙人のように山中をさまよい自給自足で誰とも接触せず野垂れ死にをしない方法とは絶対ある。

There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.