我
我

ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

7 strokesFrequency 829JLPT N1Grade 6

On

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Kun

われわわ.が-わが-

Nanori

ああがか

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Common Words

我慢がまんガマンNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #907
1

Transitive verb

endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something)

Examples
この寒さは我慢出来ないな。
I can't put up with this cold.
2

self-control; self-restraint

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

《怪我》けがケガNoun～する VerbFreq #1845
1

injury; wound

Examples
ラグビーをしているとき、彼はけがをした。
Playing rugby, he got injured.
2

mistake; accident; loss

我に返るわれにかえるExpressionGodan verbFreq #4105
1

to come to one's senses

Examples
そのとき彼は我に返った。
Then he came to his senses.
2

to calm down

わがまま我儘我が儘我がまま我侭我が侭Noun～な Adj.Freq #4387
1

Word usually written using kana alone

selfish; egoist

Examples
あの子を甘やかしてはいけません。とてもわがままになりますよ。
You shouldn't indulge that child. It will make him very selfish.
2

Archaic

self-indulgent; wilful; willful

我ながらわれながら我乍らAdverbFreq #5143
1

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

Examples
また同じ失敗をするなんて、我ながら愚かだと思う。
It is silly of me to have made the same mistake twice.
我が家わが家わがやわがいえ我家NounExpressionFreq #5426
1

one's house; one's home; one's family

Examples
わが家の近くに教会がある。
There is a church near my house.
我らが我等が吾らが吾等がわれらがExpressionFreq #8395
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

our

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