Vocabulary

What does 自治 (じち, jichi) mean?

自治 (じち, jichi) means self-government, autonomy.

Quick facts
Readingじち
Romajijichi
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
じち
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjichi

self-government, autonomy

  1. 1noun self-government; autonomy
  2. 2noun local (governmental) autonomy

Example sentences

  • Self-government is well developed in this region.

  • The students run the festival on their own.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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