Word Meaning

ga

我 is read as が (ga) and means obstinacy.

Meaning

English

  1. obstinacy
  2. atman
  3. the self
  4. the ego

Reading

Kana

Romaji

ga

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms Rank 97091 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

我が家

わがや

one's house

我慢

がまん

self-control

我が国

わがくに

our country

我々

われわれ

we

我が

わが

my

我ら

われら

you

我が身

わがみ

you (referring to one's inferior)

我流

がりゅう

self-taught method

我ながら

われながら

even if I say so myself

我が日本

わがにほん

our country Japan

我田引水

がでんいんすい

seeking one's own interests

Example Sentences

10

われおもう、ゆえにわれあり。

i think, therefore i am.

わがくにのぶんかをほこりにおもう。

i am proud of our country's culture.

いたみをがまんする。

to endure the pain.

われわれはこのけいかくにさんせいだ。

we are in favor of this plan.

かれはさいごまでがをとおした。

he insisted on having his own way until the end.

こどもがじがにめざめる。

the child awakens to their selfhood.

わがやへようこそ.

welcome to our home.

ひとびとはわれさきにでぐちへはしった。

people rushed to the exit, each trying to be the first.

かれはむがむちゅうではしった。

he ran like mad, completely losing himself.

Are you hurt?