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): [d͡ʑibɯ̟̃ŋɡo̞to̞]

Noun

自(じ)分(ぶん)事(ごと) • (jibungoto) 

  1. one's own concern or problem

Coordinate terms

References

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