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Variations:
我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ
我が身を抓って人の痛さを知れ

 wagamiotsunettehitonoitasaoshire
    わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれ
(expression) (proverb) walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain

Variations:
我は仮説を作らず
我は仮説をつくらず
われは仮説をつくらず

 warehakasetsuotsukurazu
    われはかせつをつくらず
(expression) (quote) (from an essay by Isaac Newton) I feign no hypotheses; hypotheses non fingo

Variations:
我ら
我等
吾等(rK)
吾ら(sK)

 warera
    われら
(pronoun) (1) (form) we; us; (pronoun) (2) (poetic term) I; me; (pronoun) (3) (colloquialism) (used to address a group of one's equals or inferiors) you

Variations:
我儘
我が儘
我がまま
我侭
我が侭

 wagamama
    わがまま
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) selfish; egoist; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (archaism) self-indulgent; wilful; willful

Variations:
我思う故に我あり
我思うゆえに我あり
我思う故に我在り
我思う故に我有り(iK)

 wareomouyueniwareari / wareomoyueniwareari
    われおもうゆえにわれあり
(expression) (proverb) (See コギトエルゴスム) I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum

Variations:
我思う故に我あり
我思うゆえに我あり
我思う故に我在り
我思う故に我有り(sK)
我思うゆえに我在り(sK)
われ思うゆえにわれあり(sK)

 wareomouyueniwareari / wareomoyueniwareari
    われおもうゆえにわれあり
(expression) (quote) I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum

Variations:
我慢比べ
我慢くらべ
ガマン比べ
我慢競べ

 gamankurabe(慢比be, 慢kurabe, 慢競be); gamankurabe(gaman比be)
    がまんくらべ(我慢比べ, 我慢くらべ, 我慢競べ); ガマンくらべ(ガマン比べ)
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest

Variations:
我楽多(ateji)
瓦落多(ateji)

 garakuta; garakuta
    がらくた; ガラクタ
(kana only) junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

Variations:
我楽多(ateji)
瓦落多(ateji)(rK)

 garakuta; garakuta
    がらくた; ガラクタ
(kana only) junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

Variations:
我武者羅(ateji)
我武者ら(sK)

 gamushara; gamushara(sk)
    がむしゃら; ガムシャラ(sk)
(noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) (yoji) reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

Variations:
我輩
吾輩
我が輩
吾が輩
わが輩(sK)
我がはい(sK)

 wagahai
    わがはい
(pronoun) (1) (masculine speech) (dated) (nuance of arrogance) I; me; myself; (pronoun) (2) (masculine speech) (archaism) we; us; ourselves

Variations:
獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす
獅子はわが子を千尋の谷に落とす

 shishihawagakoosenjinnotaniniotosu
    ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとす
(expression) (proverb) make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)

Variations:
生兵法は大怪我のもと
生兵法は大怪我の元
生兵法は大怪我の基
生兵法は大けがのもと
生兵法は大けがの元
生兵法は大けがの基

 namabyouhouhaookeganomoto / namabyohohaookeganomoto
    なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと
(expression) (proverb) a little learning is a dangerous thing

Variations:
生兵法は大怪我のもと
生兵法は大怪我の元
生兵法は大怪我の基
生兵法は大けがのもと(sK)
生兵法は大けがの元(sK)
生兵法は大けがの基(sK)

 namabyouhouhaookeganomoto / namabyohohaookeganomoto
    なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと
(expression) (proverb) a little learning is a dangerous thing

Variations:
知らんがために我は信ず
知らんがためにわれは信ず
知らんが為に我は信ず

 shirangatameniwarehashinzu
    しらんがためにわれはしんず
(expression) (quote) (maxim of Saint Anselm of Canterbury) I believe in order to understand; credo ut intelligam

Variations:
自画自賛
自画自讃(rK)
自我自賛(sK)

 jigajisan
    じがじさん
(noun, transitive verb) (yoji) singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

Variations:
我が妻
我が夫
わが夫(sK)
わが妻(sK)

 wagatsuma
    わがつま
(exp,n) my spouse; my wife; my husband

Variations:
我が心
わが心
我心
我がこころ(sK)

 wagakokoro
    わがこころ
(exp,n) my heart

Variations:
我が身可愛さ
我が身かわいさ
わが身可愛さ(sK)
わが身かわいさ(sK)

 wagamikawaisa
    わがみかわいさ
(exp,n) (idiom) looking out for oneself; putting one's own skin first; prioritizing one's own safety above all else

Variations:
我が日本
わが日本
我がニッポン(sK)

 waganihon
    わがにほん
our country Japan

Variations:
我が物
我がもの
我物
わが物(sK)

 wagamono
    わがもの
(exp,n) one's own property; possessions

Variations:
我勝ちに
我がちに
われ勝ちに(sK)

 waregachini
    われがちに
(adverb) (See 我先に) scrambling; falling over each other; striving to be first

Variations:
我知らず
われ知らず(sK)
我しらず(sK)

 wareshirazu
    われしらず
(adverb) involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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