自ずから[おのずから] (onozukara)
naturally, as a matter of course
- JLPT N1
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Meaning
自ずから (おのずから, onozukara) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “naturally, as a matter of course”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
努力すればおのずから道は開けるでしょう
If we try hard, the road will be opened as a matter of course.
おのずから明らかである。
It's self-evident.
答曰く「浄智は妙円にして、体自ずから空寂なり。」
Kotaeiwaku: "Jochi wa myoen ni shite, tai mizukara kujaku nari." (The response was: "It is delicate and complete, and it is in itself empty.")
油断なく注意さえしておれば好機はおのずからうまれる。
Plenty of opportunities will present themselves, if only you are awake to them.
「故に支那の建築と日本の家宅とは自ずから其の形態洋式と異にせり。」
Therefore, the architecture in China and Japan differ in form and style accordingly.'
自宅で関係者を集めてパーティを開き、そこが自ずから社交場となった。
Inviting persons involved to her home, she threw parties, which functioned as a place for social interaction.
そこで、后の弟橘媛が自ら命に替わって入水すると、波は自ずから凪いだ。
At that time, his wife Oto Tachibana Hime leaped into the sea on his behalf, and the waves became calm by themselves.
「この間に親しく見聞せる事どもを、師の自ずから聞き糺して筆記せられたる物なる。」
This is the intimate experience of what was seen and heard during this time and a record that the master himself ascertained the truth by asking.'
しかも、薬事審査等の期間の短縮にも、安全性の確保等の観点から自ずから限界がある。
Moreover, from a perspective such as that of drug safety, shorting the period required for pharmaceutical examinations, etc. has its own limitations.
このとき残した「安禅必ずしも山水を用いず、心頭滅却すれば火も亦た涼し」の辞世で知られる（杜荀鶴の原典は「…火も自ずから涼し」）。
Joki has been famous for his farewell poem (composed before his death), saying "Meditation does not always require a quiet place. If you have established your own philosophy, nothing will trouble you as if you would feel fire cool.