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    3. 自作自演

    自作自演

    自じさ作く自じえ演ん

    performing a part in one's own play

    NTNoun, Participle, VerbMusic & EntertainmentInternet & Social MediaKanji Vocab33 strokes

    じさくじえん

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    performing a part in one's own play, playing a musical piece that one has written
    yojijukugo
    2.
    doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
    yojijukugo
    3.
    put-up job, charade
    yojijukugo
    4.
    sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
    colloquialyojijukugo

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    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    作
    つく.る・つく.り・-づく.り…(10)
    make・production・prepare・build
    演
    performance・act・play・render・stage
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