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    3. 自問自答

    自問自答

    自じも問ん自じと答う

    answering one's own question

    KMT10News #39+1Noun, Participle, VerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab35 strokes

    じもんじとう

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    answering one's own question, wondering to oneself, soliloquizing, soliloquising
    yojijukugo

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    彼かれはよく自じ問もん自じ答とうしています。

    He often asks himself questions and answers them.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    自じ分ぶんのキャリアについて、彼かれは長ながい間あいだ自じ問もん自じ答とうを重かさねていた。

    He had been pondering his career for a long time.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    試し験けんの前まえに、本ほん当とうに理り解かいしているか自じ問もん自じ答とうしてみた。

    Before the exam, I tried to ask myself if I truly understood the material.

    KMT9EducationEmotions & Psychology
    重じゅう要ような決けつ断だんをする前まえに、私わたしはいつも自じ問もん自じ答とうを繰くり返かえします。

    Before making an important decision, I always repeatedly ask myself questions and answer them.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    哲てつ学がく的てきな問といに対たいして、彼かれは一ひと人りで自じ問もん自じ答とうを続つづけた。

    He continued to ponder philosophical questions by himself.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    問
    と.う・と.い・とん…(2)
    question・ask・problem
    答
    こた.える・こた.え…(2)
    solution・answer
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