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Encountered in this video at around the 0:35 mark. https://youtu.be/EtmZtv5vwvA

Full sentence: まだ11月で、クリスマスまで1ヶ月ほどありますが、自分に1年間頑張ったご褒美といいますか、プレゼントとして服をかいました。

I understand the sentence as "It's still November and around a month to christmas but I bought (myself) clothes as a present (so to say) as a reward for my efforts during the year." (Correct me if I'm wrong)

But I don't understand why the question marker か is used here.

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  • My first thought was that the speaker is wondering about the topic, posing a question to themselves ("wouldn't it be nice..."), and expected to hear the tone confirm it. However, the kinda robotic way it is pronounced in the video foiled me, so I am not really sure. – Szega Jan 15 '23 at 19:27
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    Related or duplicate: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/59687/9831 / https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/46745/9831 / https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/30073/9831 / https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/11571/9831 – Chocolate Jan 16 '23 at 02:41

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