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自覚

じかく

self-awareness; consciousness of one's own position, duty or condition

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Examples

  1. 彼は社会人としての自覚に欠ける。

    かれはしゃかいじんとしてのじかくにかける。

    He lacks any awareness of being a working member of society.

  2. 親としての自覚が芽生えてきた。

    おやとしてのじかくがめばえてきた。

    A sense of being a parent has started to take root in me.

  3. 初期のがんには自覚症状がほとんどない。

    しょきのがんにはじかくしょうじょうがほとんどない。

    Cancer in its early stages has almost no noticeable symptoms.

Common patterns

自覚が足りない
to lack a proper sense of responsibility
自覚症状
symptoms the patient notices
責任を自覚する
to be conscious of one's responsibility

Memory tip

Not "self-conscious" in the English sense of shy — it is knowing what your position demands of you, which is why 自覚が足りない is a real reproach. In medicine 自覚症状 means what the patient feels, as against 他覚症状, what the doctor observes.

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