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: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Originally a Buddhism phrase.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) じごーじとく [jìgóójítókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡo̞ːʑito̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

自業自得 (hiragana じごうじとく, rōmaji jigōjitoku)

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

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
自	業	自	得

Noun

自業自得 • (ja-eopjadeuk) (hangeul 자업자득)

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

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