吾
吾

I, my, our, one's own

7 strokesFrequency 1,828JLPT N1Grade 9

On

ゴ

Kun

われわが-あ-

Nanori

ああが

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

I

Constituents

五five
口mouth

Mnemonic Stories

The keyword 'I' is made up of 'five' and 'mouth'. Think of the five sensory organs in your head - two eyes, two ears, and one mouth - these are the five 'mouths' through which you perceive and interact with the world. Together they make up the 'I' - the self that experiences everything.

Dictionary

Common Words

我々吾々我我吾吾われわれPronounFreq #1363
1

we

Examples
しかし我々は彼なしで続行した。
But we carried on without him.
我が我吾がわがFreq #1544
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

my; our; one's own

Examples
我が軍はその王国を襲った。
Our army attacked the kingdom.
我吾われわあれあわぬわろFreq #1606
1

Pronoun; Occ. 和 for わ

I; me

Examples
われに自由を与えよ。しからずんば死を与えよ。
Give me liberty or give me death.
2

われ／わ only; Pronoun; Occ. 和 for わ

oneself

Examples
彼も人なり我も人なり。
What man has done, man can do.
3

われ／わ only; Archaic; Pronoun; Occ. 和 for わ

you

4

わ only; Archaic; Prefix; Occ. 和

prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

我らが我等が吾らが吾等がわれらがExpressionFreq #8395
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

our

我ら我等われら吾等PronounFreq #13193
1

Formal or literary term

we; us

Examples
死がまさに我らを引離すまで愛し、いつくしむ。
To love and to cherish, till death do us part.
2

Poetical term

I; me

3

Colloquial; Used to address a group of one's equals or inferiors

you

我輩吾輩我が輩吾が輩わがはいPronounMasculineFreq #23991
1

Dated term; Nuance of arrogance

I; me; myself

Examples
そんなことを考えながら『我輩はカモである』を再見しました。
Thinking about those sorts of things, I watched "Duck Soup" again.
2

Archaic

we; us; ourselves

吾兄あせあそごけいPronounPoliteArchaicFreq #34190
1

Familiar

you (referring to a male)

東吾妻吾嬬あずまあづまNounFreq #37101
1

Archaic

eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces

2

Archaic

east

3

Abbreviation

wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither

4

吾妻／吾嬬 only

my spouse

吾輩は猫であるわがはいはねこであるNounFreq #87146
1

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)

ウイグルウィグル維吾爾NounUsually kanaFreq #92510
1

Uighur (Turkic ethnic group); Uyghur; Uigur; Uygur

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