- 独り言
- ひとりごと
a soliloquy
a monologue
speaking to oneself* * *ひとりごと【独り言】soliloquy/səlíləkwi/ 〖C〗〖U〗《正式》ひとり言;〖C〗〔演劇〕独白, モノローグ.◇ → 独り言を言う* * *ひとりごと【独り言】《文》 (a) soliloquy; (a) monologue.●ひとり言のように言う mutter 《something》; speak [say 《it》] half to oneself.
●ひとり言を言う talk [speak, mutter] to oneself; think aloud; 《文》 soliloquize
・ぶつぶつひとり言を言う mutter (to oneself).
●いや何でもない, ひとり言です. No, nothing; I was just talking to myself [thinking aloud].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.