Word details

自問

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 自問.

Dictionary

Entry

自問もんNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #17511
1

asking oneself

Examples
彼はなぜ妻が自分を捨てたのかと自問した。
He wondered to himself why his wife had left him.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

oneself

6 strokesFrequency 19JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

みずか.らおの.ずからおの.ずと

Nanori

より

question, ask, problem

11 strokesFrequency 64JLPT N3Grade 3

On

モン

Kun

と.うと.いとん

Nanori

はる

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