自ずから
おのずから
naturally; of its own accord; as a matter of course
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Examples
続けていれば自ずから分かる。
つづけていればおのずからわかる。
If you keep at it, you'll come to understand of your own accord.
注意を怠らずにいれば、好機は自ずから生まれる。
ちゅういをおこたらずにいれば、こうきはおのずからうまれる。
Plenty of opportunities will present themselves, if only you stay alert to them.
条件がそろえば、答えは自ずから明らかになるだろう。
じょうけんがそろえば、こたえはおのずからあきらかになるだろう。
Once the conditions are in place, the answer will become clear of itself.
Common patterns
- 自ずから明らかだ
- is self-evident
- 自ずから分かる
- comes to be understood naturally
- 自ずから異なる
- differs as a matter of course
Memory tip
Literary and impersonal: things come about by themselves, with no one making them happen. Do not confuse it with 自ら (みずから), which is the opposite idea — 'in person, by one's own hand'. Same kanji, very different meanings.
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