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    3. 自我

    自我

    自じ我が

    ego

    N1KMT8News #23+1CoreNounReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    じが

    Noun

    1.
    ego
    philosophy
    2.
    self
    psychology
    3.
    ego
    psychoanalysis

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    子こ供どもは自じ我がが芽め生ばえ始はじめた。

    The child's ego began to sprout.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれは自じ我がが強つよく、他た人にんの意い見けんを聞きき入いれない。

    He has a strong ego and doesn't listen to others' opinions.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    自じ我がの確かく立りつは、思し春しゅん期きにおける重じゅう要ような発はっ達たつ課か題だいの一ひとつだ。

    The establishment of self (ego) is one of the important developmental tasks during adolescence.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、自じ我がへの執しゅう着ちゃくが苦くるしみの原げん因いんとされている。

    In Buddhism, attachment to the self (ego) is considered the cause of suffering.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    哲てつ学がくでは、自じ我がとは何なにかという問といが深ふかく探たん求きゅうされる。

    In philosophy, the question of what the ego is is deeply explored.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    我
    われ・わ・わ.が-・わが-…(4)
    ego・I・selfish・our・oneself
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