Illustration: Alone in a compact Japanese kitchen, a home cook examines an unexpectedly lopsided rice ball held in one hand. Their mouth is visibly open mid-utterance, and their free hand makes a small conversational gesture toward their own chest, as if answering their own running commentary.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

独ひとり言ごと

hitorigoto

talking to oneself

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれがぶつぶつ独ひとり言ごとをいうのを聞きいた。

    I heard him mumble to himself.

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  2. その老人ろうじんは時々ときどき独ひとり言ごとを言いう。

    The old man sometimes talks to himself.

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  3. 彼かれは独ひとり言ごとを言いいました。

    He talked to himself.

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Kanji in 独言

  • 独single; aloneOnドク・トクKunひとり
  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと

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