わがまま

Japanese

Alternative spellings
我が儘
我儘
我が侭
我侭
我がまま

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がま [wàgámáꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) がまま [wàgámámáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɡa̠ma̠ma̠]

Adjective

わがまま (wagamama) -na (adnominal わがまま (wagamama na), adverbial わがまま (wagamama ni))

  1. selfish, egocentric, autocratic
  2. willful
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      ()()()(まま)()()えない
      kono ko wa wagamama de te ni oenai
      This this kid is wilful and too much for one to handle

Inflection

Noun

わがまま (wagamama) 

  1. selfishness, egocentrism
  2. willfulness

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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