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Examples:

自体 じたい

  1. itself
  2. one's own body; oneself
  3. by nature; from the start; naturally; originally

それ自体 それじたい

  1. for its own sake; in itself; per se; the thing itself; this itself

こと自体 ことじたい

  1. (the thing) itself

そのこと自体 そのことじたい

  1. as such; that in itself

物自体 ものじたい

  1. the thing itself
  2. thing-in-itself (in Kantianism)
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