noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の

  1. being able to do as one pleases, doing at will.

noun

Abbreviation.
  1. pothook.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
自在 じざい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
exist, outskirts, suburbs
ザイ あ.る あり (5th, N3)
genius, years old, cubic shaku
サイ (2nd, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)