Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ぶん
Grade: 2
こと > ごと
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology edit

()(ぶん) (jibun) + (こと) (koto), probably formed upon the model of 他人(ひと)(ごと) (hitogoto).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑibɯ̟̃ᵝŋɡo̞to̞]

Noun edit

()(ぶん)(ごと) (jibungoto

  1. one's own concern or problem

Coordinate terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN