► 代名詞
我 [(1)われ] [liter] meaning: I rank: 2
☆ 我思う故に我在り ⇨ I think therefore I am (☛ Strictly literary)
► 成句
我 [(1)われ] [我を忘れる] meaning: crazy rank: 2
☆ 私は我を忘れて絶叫してしまった ⇨ I got carried away and screamed (☛ Literally means “forget oneself”)
我 [(1)われ] [我に返る] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 彼はしばらく呆然としていたが、突然我に返った ⇨ He was dazed for a while but suddenly snapped back to himself (☛ Literally means “come back to oneself”)
► 名詞
我 [が] [我が強い] meaning: ego rank: 3
☆ 彼は我が強い ⇨ He has a strong, big, ego
我 [が] [我を通す] meaning: ego rank: 3
☆ 彼はどこまでも我を通そうとする ⇨ He tries to push his ego, have his way, all the way
More examples:
- 我々が総力を結集して開発した新技術 ⇨ The new technology we developed focusing all our resources
- 計画は何故失敗したのか、そして今我々はどうすべきかについて話し合いたい ⇨ I’d like to discuss why the project failed, and then what we should do now
- 彼は我慢強すぎてストレスを溜める質だ ⇨ He perseveres too much and gets stressed out
- 我が家は子供三人と犬二匹と猫だ ⇨ My family is three kids, two dogs and one cat
- 彼は無我の境地に達した ⇨ He has reached the state of selflessness
- もう我慢できなくなってしまった ⇨ I just couldn’t hold it, put up with it, help it, anymore
- 主力選手に怪我が相次いでチームはガタガタだ ⇨ The team is in shambles with injuries after injuries on the top players
- そんな事をして怪我でもしたらどうする？ ⇨ What would you do if you ever get hurt doing something like that?
- 我が道を行く ⇨ I go my way
- こうした状況の中で我々はどうすべきか ⇨ What should we do under a circumstance like this?
- 我々には疫病に対応する体制が整っていなかった ⇨ We didn’t parepare the system to deal with pandemics
- もう我慢出来ない ⇨ I can’t stand it anymore
- 彼は怪我が響いてオリンピックで活躍できなかった ⇨ His injury affected his performance in the Olympics
- 彼は怪我を理由に試合を放棄した ⇨ He retired from the game due to an injury
- 彼は我慢が足りない ⇨ He doesn’t have enough patience