JLPT N2Four-character idioms
自業自得
- Meaning
- 自分の行いの結果を自分自身が受けること
- Explanation
- "自業自得" is a Buddhist term expressing that one receives the consequences of one's own deeds (業). It is mostly used about bad outcomes, in the sense of "it's my own fault". c1 "to gain profit in business" is an error of taking "業" as work; the key point is the causal meaning of receiving the consequences of one's deeds.
Original Japanese explanation
「自業自得」は、仏教語で、自分の行い（業）の報いを自分自身が受けることを表します。多くは悪い結果について「自分のせいだ」という意味で使います。c1の「事業で利益を得る」は「業」を仕事と取った誤りで、行いの報いという因果の意味が要点です。
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