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JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

わがまま

wagamama

selfish

Example sentences

  1. あの子こを甘あま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.

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  2. 君きみのわがままには閉口へいこうする。

    I’m annoyed at your selfishness.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは決けっしてわがままではない。

    She is by no means selfish.

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