自分事

Japanese
Kanji in this term
自 分 事
じ
Grade: 2		 ぶん
Grade: 2		 こと > ごと
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

自(じ)分(ぶん) (jibun) + 事(こと) (koto), probably formed upon the model of 他人(ひと)事(ごと) (hitogoto).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑibɯ̟̃ᵝŋɡo̞to̞]

Noun

自(じ)分(ぶん)事(ごと) • (jibungoto) 

  1. one's own concern or problem

Coordinate terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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