自業自得

Japanese
Kanji in this term
自 業 自 得
じ
Grade: 2		 ごう
Grade: 3		 じ
Grade: 2		 とく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Originally a Buddhism phrase.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じごーじとく [jìgóójítókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) じごーじ​とく [jìgóójíꜜtòkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • (Tokyo) じ​ごーじとく [jíꜜgòòjìtòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑiɡo̞ːʑito̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

自(じ)業(ごう)自(じ)得(とく) • (jigōjitoku) 

  1. (idiomatic) make one's bed and lie in it, reap what one sows

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
自業自得

Noun

自業自得 • (ja'eopjadeuk) (hangeul 자업자득)

  1. Hanja form? of 자업자득 (“make one's bed and lie in it, reap what one sows”).
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