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A groper's condemnation with 自業自得

Idiom Explanation: Reaping what you sow with 自業自得

Manga panel from 俺物語!! showing example of A groper's condemnation with 自業自得.
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Rinko tells Saijou how she first met Takeo through her encounter with a groper on the train. It was Takeo who came to her rescue.

凛子(りんこ):
「その後(あと)　そのチカンにうちの自業自得(じごうじとく)だみたいなこと言(い)われて」
“After that, the groper essentially told me it was my own fault.”
Literal: “After that, the groper said something like it was my self-work, self-gain.”
西城(さいじょう):
「なに　そのチカン　さいあく！！」
“What?! That groper is the worst!”

Key Points

1自業自得(じごうじとく)だ = “it’s your own fault”
  • In this context, 自業自得(じごうじとく) means “you brought this on yourself” or “it’s what you deserve”.
  • The groper is cruelly blaming Rinko, saying she deserved the harassment.
  • Though 自業自得(じごうじとく) is neutral (can be used for negative or positive consequences), it’s most often used for negative outcomes.
2〜みたいなこと言(い)われて = “was told something like…”
  • みたいな here means “something like” or “essentially”; Rinko is paraphrasing what the groper said.
  • 言(い)われる is the receptive form of 言(い)う (“to say”), meaning “to be told” or “to have something said to oneself”.
3Casual te-form ending: 〜言(い)われて
  • The sentence ends with the te-form 言(い)われて, leaving the thought incomplete.
  • This creates a trailing effect, implying “…and then (something else happened)” or inviting the listener to imagine the situation.
  • This is common in conversational storytelling to maintain narrative flow.

Vocabulary

(I)

うち can mean “I” or “me”, especially in Kansai speech and in casual speech among women. It also has other meanings, including “home” and “inside”.

(To say)

言(い)う means to say or tell. It can also mean to call something by a particular name.

See Also

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