Word Meaning 自暴自棄

じぼうじき jiboujiki

自暴自棄 is read as じぼうじき (jiboujiki) and means desperation.

Meaning

English

  1. desperation
  2. despair
  3. self-abandonment

Reading

Kana

じぼうじき

Romaji

jiboujiki

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Yojijukugo Rank 20965 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

自棄

じき

desperation

自棄のやん八

やけのやんぱち

(sense of) desperation

自棄になる

やけになる

to become desperate

自棄っぱち

やけっぱち

complete desperation

自暴

じぼう

despair

自衛隊

じえいたい

Japan Self-Defense Forces

自衛

じえい

self-defense

自己

じこ

self

自慢

じまん

pride

自我

じが

ego

自滅

じめつ

natural decay

自炊

じすい

scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

Example Sentences

4

Never surrender yourself to despair.

She was beginning to get desperate.

Tom didn't seem to be as desperate as Mary seemed to be.

Don't give in to despair just because you didn't get into the college that was at the top of your wish-list.