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自覚

自覚

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
かく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

自覚 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 自覺, hiragana じかく, romaji jikaku)

  1. (Buddhism) "higher mind": one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path, equivalent to समाधि (samādhi)
  2. self-consciousness, self-awareness
    国民 (こくみん)としての自覚 (じかく)必要 (ひつよう)だ。
    Kokumin toshite no jikaku ga hitsuyō da.
    (Self-)Awareness as citizens of the nation is required. → We need to be aware of our national identity.

Verb

自覚する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 自覺, transitive, hiragana じかくする, romaji jikaku suru)

  1. to become aware of, to notice, to realize

Conjugation