自問（じもん）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: self-questioning
Example sentences
- 何が大切かを自問する。 — He asks himself what really matters.
- 自問を重ねて答えを探す。 — He keeps questioning himself in search of an answer.
Idioms & proverbs containing “自問”
- 自問自答 (じもんじとう) — answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
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