自じ問もん自じ答とう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing

Describes the act of asking oneself a question and then answering it, often in internal monologue or rhetorical style. Used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれはよく自じ問もん自じ答とうしながら考かんがえをまとめる。

  He often organizes his thoughts while asking and answering his own questions.

• 自じ問もん自じ答とうを繰くり返かえして、ようやく答こたえにたどり着ついた。

  After repeatedly questioning and answering myself, I finally arrived at an answer.