Meaning

Primary

Self Love

Alternative

Taking Care Of Oneself

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

If you love your self that is self love. You’ll mostly see this word as part of the set phrase ご自愛下さい, which is used in emails and the like to remind the recipients to be good to themselves. Other variations include ご自愛くださいませ, ご自愛を, and ご自愛のほどを.

Reading

じあい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are the ones you learned with the kanji, you self lover you.

Context

Context Sentences

お体ご自愛ください。

Please take care of yourself.

今日は自愛デーにすることに自分で決めたので、一日中自愛しまくっちゃいます。

I've decided all by myself that today is self love day, so I'm gonna spoil myself all day long.

時節柄、お風邪など召しませぬよう、くれぐれも御自愛くださいませ。

I sincerely hope you’ll take good care of yourself and don't catch a cold or anything like that in times like these.

Kanji Composition