A groper's condemnation with 自業自得
Idiom Explanation: Reaping what you sow with 自業自得
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:
- 「その後 そのチカンにうちの自業自得だみたいなこと言われて」
- “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.”
- “After that, the groper essentially told me it was my own fault.”
- 西城:
- 「なに そのチカン さいあく！！」
- “What?! That groper is the worst!”
Key Points
1自業自得だ = “it’s your own fault”
- In this context, 自業自得 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 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.
- 言われる is the receptive form of 言う (“to say”), meaning “to be told” or “to have something said to oneself”.
3Casual te-form ending: 〜言われて
- The sentence ends with the te-form 言われて, 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.
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