Vocabulary

What does 自然 (しぜん, shizen) mean?

自然 (しぜん, shizen) means nature; natural.

Quick facts
Readingしぜん
Romajishizen
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
しぜん
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshizen

nature; natural

  1. 1noun nature
  2. 2na-adjective · noun natural; spontaneous; automatic
  3. 3adverb · adv-to naturally; spontaneously; automatically

Example sentences

  • Her smile was very natural.

  • I want to spend weekends surrounded by nature.

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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.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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