自業自得

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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 (Heiban – )^[1]
(Tokyo) じごーじとく (Nakadaka – )^[2]
(Tokyo) じごーじとく (Atamadaka – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

自(じ)業(ごう)自(じ)得(とく) • (jigōjitoku)

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →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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