JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 5
我

Meaning

Kanji 我

ego

ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
われわわ.が-わが-
Onyomi 音読み
ガ
Nanori 名乗り
ああがか

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 6
JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#829
Strokes
7
Radical
戈
Components
亅 • 手 • 戈
Kanji Kentei
Level 5
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Related vocabulary

36 common entries

Showing 36 of 144 entries that include this kanji.

我

われ

oneself

我が家

わがや

one's house

我々

われわれ

we

我が国

わがくに

our country

我が

わが

my

我慢

がまん

self-control

我儘

わがまま

selfish

我ら

われら

you

我が身

わがみ

you (referring to one's inferior)

吾輩

わがはい

I

我ながら

われながら

even if I say so myself

我流

がりゅう

self-taught method

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

我思う、ゆえに我あり。

i think, therefore i am.

我が国の文化を誇りに思う。

i am proud of our country's culture.

痛みを我慢する。

to endure the pain.

我々はこの計画に賛成だ。

we are in favor of this plan.

彼は最後まで我を通した。

he insisted on having his own way until the end.