自演

じえん

starring in one's own play, movie, etc., directing one's own play, etc.

自作

じさく

one's own work

自作農

じさくのう

landed farmer, owner farmer

自作印

じさくいん

Self-made stamp (used for official documents or drawings in construction industry)

自信作

じしんさく

work of art the creator has confidence in

自小作

じこさく

landed and tenant farming, landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

自己演出

じこえんしゅつ

an author directing (producing) his, her own play (film), staging oneself for effect, presenting oneself in a favorable light

自壊作用

じかいさよう

(the act of) disintegration

自浄作用

じじょうさよう

autopurificatory activity (in the natural world)

自食作用

じしょくさよー

autophagy

自動動作

じどうどうさ

auto-action

自律動作

じりつどうさ

autonomous action

自主制作

じしゅせいさく

independent production (e.g. of a film)

自自公

じじこう

(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and Komeito

自

じ ころ

self-

自問自答

じもんじとう

answering one's own question, wondering to oneself, soliloquizing, soliloquising

自業自得

じごうじとく

paying for one's mistakes, getting one's just deserts, suffering the consequences (of one's own actions), reap what you sow

自縄自縛

じじょうじばく

being caught in one's own trap

自重自愛

じちょうじあい

taking care of oneself, looking after oneself