adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の, noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. desperation, despair, self-abandonment.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
自暴自棄 じぼうじき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
outburst, rave, fret
ボウ あば.く バク (5th, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
abandon, throw away, discard
キ す.てる (8th, N1)
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
thirty
セイ セ ソウ (Kentei 1)
thirty
ソウ さんじゅう (Kentei 1)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)