[じりきこうせい, jirikikousei] (n, vs) working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help
[ずく;づく, zuku ; duku] (suf) (1) (uk) (after a noun) relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; (2) with the sole purpose of ...; (3) based on (mutual consent, etc.)
sich verlassen (auf) | sich verlassend | verlassen | er/sie verlässt sich | ich verließ sich mich | er/sie verließ sich | er/sie hat/hatte sich verlassen
to rely (on) | relying | relied | he/she relies | I relied | he/she relied | he/she has/had relied