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    3. 我輩

    我輩

    我わが輩はい

    I

    KMT10News #39+1PronounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    吾輩我が輩吾が輩わが輩我がはい

    わがはい

    Pronoun

    1.
    I, me, myself
    male term or languagedated term
    2.
    we, us, ourselves
    male term or languagearchaic

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    我わが輩はいは猫ねこである。名な前まえはまだない。

    I am a cat. As yet I have no name.

    KMT7LiteratureCore Concepts
    我わが輩はいの意い見けんを聞きいてほしい。

    I want you to hear my opinion.

    KMT10Core Concepts
    我わが輩はいが若わかかりし頃ころは、このような贅ぜい沢たくは考かんがえられなかったものだ。

    When I was young, such luxuries were unimaginable.

    KMT10Core ConceptsHistory
    その小しょう説せつの主しゅ人じん公こうは、一いち人にん称しょうで「我わが輩はい」を使つかうことで独どく特とくの雰ふん囲い気きを醸かもし出だしている。

    The protagonist of that novel creates a unique atmosphere by using "wagahai" as a first-person pronoun.

    KMT10LiteratureCore Concepts
    昔むかしの武ぶ士しは、時ときに「我わが輩はい」という言こと葉ばを用もちいて自みずからを語かたった。

    Ancient samurai sometimes referred to themselves using the word "wagahai."

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    我
    われ・わ・わ.が-・わが-…(4)
    ego・I・selfish・our・oneself
    輩
    -ばら・やから・やかい・ともがら…(1)
    comrade・fellow・people・companions
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