自問

じもん

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive, Intransitive asking oneself

Kanji

• 自 self. Read as ジ.
• 問 question. Read as モン.

Example sentences

• エンジニアが自問すべき7つの質問とは・・・誰が、何を、いつ、どこで、どうして、どのように、どのくらい。
  The seven questions that an engineer has to ask himself are: who, what, when, where, why, how and how much.
• 彼はなぜ妻が自分を捨てたのかと自問した。
  He wondered to himself why his wife had left him.

Words containing 自問

• 自問自答 (じもんじとう) answering one's own question

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