自画自賛 Singing one’s own Praises

自画自賛じがじさん Singing one’s own Praises

自画自賛じがじさん Singing one’s own Praises

Japanese proverbs

Transparent 自画自賛じがじさん
Singing One’s Own Praises 

自画自賛じがじさん
Japanese
じがじさん
Literal
One’s own picture; praising oneself
English Equivalent
Singing one’s own Praises
Tooting one’s own Horn
Notes
The as you may guess adds the meaning of ‘oneself.’ You may know it from the common 自分じぶん ‘oneself’ and 自由じゆう ‘freedom’

Example Sentence

自画自賛じがじさんこえるかもしれませんが、ぼくは本当ほんとううたがうまいよ。
It may sound like I’m bragging, but I’m really good at singing.

Vocabulary image

こえる—sounds like… [ふとってえる – to look (appear) fat]
かもしれません—may; might; possibly
が—but
ぼく—I (usually used with males)
本当ほんとうに—really; truly (adv)
うた—song [in this case singing in general]
うまい—good at; skillful; clever [can also be used with food or drink to mean ‘delicious’]

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