Word details
自業自得
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 自業自得.
Dictionary
Entry
1
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
Examples
嘘ばっかりついてるから、皆に総すかんを食うんだ。自業自得だよ。
You're always lying- that's why people don't take you seriously. You get what you deserve.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
自
oneself
6 strokesFrequency 19JLPT N3Grade 2
On
ジシ
Kun
みずか.らおの.ずからおの.ずと
Nanori
より
業
business, vocation, arts, performance
13 strokesFrequency 43JLPT N3Grade 3
On
ギョウゴウ
Kun
わざ
Nanori
なりのぶ
得
gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
11 strokesFrequency 175JLPT N2Grade 5
On
トク
Kun
え.るう.る
Nanori
あつてろ
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