自食 じしょく作用 さようではありませんでした
jisho kusa yōdewārimasendeshita

Noun
Desu Copula

The polite, past negative form of 自食作用

1. Was not self-sufficiency.; Was not self-reliance.; Was not self-help.

Past/Perfective
Negative
Polite
Formal Register
Biology