Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ごう
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
とく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Originally a Buddhism phrase.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ごう)()(とく) (jigōjitoku

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

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

自業自得 (ja'eopjadeuk) (hangeul 자업자득)

  1. Hanja form? of 자업자득 (make one's bed and lie in it, reap what one sows).