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我

わが wagaわれ wareがでん gaden

I, self

Composition

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Origin

Drawing of a toothed weapon akin to 戈; the sign was borrowed early on to mean I.

In the thoughts

  1. 我がwagaone's own
  2. 我田gadenone's own field

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 082 In my deeds, I know no regret.
  2. 089 Watch others' conduct and mend your own.
  3. 090 Pinch yourself to know another's pain.
  4. 222 Come and play with me, sparrow without parents.
  5. 240 Drawing the water to one's own rice field.
  6. 274 Tomorrow, it may be me.
  7. 291 The color of the flowers has faded, while I watched the long rains fall — and my life go by.
  8. 293 In the harvest-watch hut by the autumn fields, its rush roof loose, my sleeves grow wet with dew.

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