自じ問もん

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

ask oneself; self-questioning

Refers to the act of questioning oneself, often in a reflective or introspective manner. Commonly used in the phrase 自問自答 (じもんじとう, 'self-questioning and answering').

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの行こう動どうについて自じ問もんした。

  He asked himself about his own actions.

• 自じ問もん自じ答とうを繰くり返かえしながら、答こたえを探さがした。

  I searched for the answer while repeatedly questioning and answering myself.