Vocabulary
What does 自業自得 (じごうじとく) mean?
自業自得 (じごうじとく) means reaping what one sows; getting one’s just deserts from one’s own bad actions (lit. receiving the fruit of one’s own deeds).
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自業自得じごうじとく
TOPICS
reaping what one sows; getting one’s just deserts from one’s own bad actions (lit. receiving the fruit of one’s own deeds)
Example sentences
締切を守らずに信用を失ったのは、彼の自業自得としか言いようがない。
Losing trust because he failed to keep deadlines can only be called his own fault.