じたい
Jitai
自体 (Jitai) is a Japanese noun suffix meaning “itself, one's own body, oneself, originally”.
Meanings
- noun suffix, nounitself
- nounone's own body; oneself
- adverboriginally; naturally; by nature; from the start
Examples
人間の存在自体が奇跡である。
Our existence is a miracle in itself.
怪我自体はなん針か縫う程度だそうです。
Apparently the wound itself only needs a few stitches.
彼女に口答えすること自体そもそも間違いだろ。
You're out of order in talking back to her in the first place.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).