Illustration: At a preschool craft table, several children wear identical folded paper crowns made with an adult’s help. One child has built a peculiar crown with a single tall crooked point and firmly places it on their own head.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ我が

jiga

ego

Example sentences

  1. よく「自我じがが強つよい」と言いわれます。

    I’m often told I have a strong ego.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは自我じがを失うしなうことを望のぞんでいない。

    He doesn’t want to lose his ego.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. うちの子こ、自我じがが芽生めばえ始はじめたみたいで、最近さいきんイヤイヤが激はげしいのよ。

    Our child seems to be developing a sense of self and has been saying no to everything lately.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 自我

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 我ego; IOnガKunわれ・わ・わが-

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