自じ縛ばく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

self-imposed restriction; being bound by one's own words/actions

Describes a situation where someone's own prior statements or behavior limit their freedom of action. Often used in formal or analytical contexts.

• 彼かれの過か去この発はつ言げんが自じ縛ばくとなって、新あたらしい提てい案あんに反はん対たいできなかった。

  His past remarks became a self-imposed restriction, and he couldn't oppose the new proposal.

• 外がい交こう政せい策さくにおいて自じ縛ばくに陥おちいらないように注ちゅう意いすべきだ。

  We should be careful not to fall into self-imposed constraints in foreign policy.