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)

one's own concern or problem

Coordinate terms

他人(ひと)事(ごと) (hitogoto)

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.