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わがまま

N3
wagamama
  1. selfishness
  2. egoism
  3. wilfulness
  4. disobedience
  5. whim
な-adjectivenoun

Also written 我がまま

Chinese meanings

任性;自私

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょは決けっしてわがままではない。
    She is by no means selfish.
    她绝不任性。
  • 息子むすこにわがままさせてはいけないよ。
    You shouldn't allow your son to always have his own way.
    不要让儿子任性。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b1861d938a'); // わがまま
{
  "id": "b1861d938a",
  "word": "わがまま",
  "reading": "わがまま",
  "romaji": "wagamama",
  "meanings": [
    "selfishness",
    "egoism",
    "wilfulness",
    "disobedience",
    "whim"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1197020,
  "other_forms": [
    "我がまま"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は決してわがままではない。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{決|けっ}してわがままではない。",
      "en": "She is by no means selfish.",
      "tatoeba_id": 90316
    },
    {
      "ja": "息子にわがままさせてはいけないよ。",
      "furigana": "{息子|むすこ}にわがままさせてはいけないよ。",
      "en": "You shouldn't allow your son to always have his own way.",
      "tatoeba_id": 140158
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "be29444f79585c349604f8f6dca16336c9defd6e4663f768093ffe12efa93b0d",
    "meanings": [
      "任性",
      "自私"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は決してわがままではない。",
        "zh": "她绝不任性。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "息子にわがままさせてはいけないよ。",
        "zh": "不要让儿子任性。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b1861d938a",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1197020; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "a93735d89820571a3a350ffb3234bbd3bff43ecacb821b763ddb26ead8f23458"
  }
}