わがまま
N3 wagamama
- selfishness
- egoism
- wilfulness
- disobedience
- whim
な-adjectivenoun
Also written 我がまま
Chinese meanings
任性;自私
Examples
- 彼女は決してわがままではない。She is by no means selfish.她绝不任性。
- 息子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"
}
}