自暴自棄
じぼうじき
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
Meanings
Na-adjective, No-adjective, Noun
desperation; despair; self-abandonmentFour-character idiom
Example sentences
自暴自棄になるな。
Never surrender yourself to despair.
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The student gave himself up to despair.
彼女は自暴自棄になりかけていた。
She was beginning to get desperate.
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He lapsed into despair after that accident.
トムはメアリーほど自暴自棄ではないようだった。
Tom didn't seem to be as desperate as Mary seemed to be.