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自我 (じが): self, ego — Japanese vocabulary

自我 is read じが and means "self, ego". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

自我

Reading
じが · jiga
Translation
self, ego
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
じがが

Example

彼らは喜びのあまりすっかり自我をわすれた。

かれらはよろこびのあまりすっかりじがをわすれた。

They were quite beside themselves with joy.

Kanji in this word

  • 自 — self
  • 我 — Ego, I, Selfish

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