自じ任にん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

regard oneself as; fancy oneself as; consider oneself to be

Used when someone claims or considers themselves to be something, often with a nuance of pretension or self-appointment. Commonly used in the pattern 〜を自任する or 〜と自任する.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんを専せん門もん家かと自じ任にんしている。

  He regards himself as an expert.

• 彼かの女じょはリーダーを自じ