当とう然ぜん視し

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

take for granted; regard as natural; see as a matter of course

Used when someone treats a situation, condition, or outcome as something that should be expected or is only right, often with a critical or evaluative tone. Commonly appears as 当然視する.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの成せい功こうを当とう然ぜん視ししている。

  He takes his own success for granted.

• そのような行こう為いを当とう然ぜん視ししてはいけない。

  You must not regard such behavior as a matter of course.