わがまま

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
我が儘
我儘
我が侭
我侭
我がまま

Pronunciation

Adjective

わがまま • (wagamama) -na (adnominal わがままな (wagamama na), adverbial わがままに (wagamama ni))

  1. selfish, egocentric, autocratic
  2. willful
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      此(こ)の子(こ)は我(わ)が儘(まま)で手(て)に負(お)えない
      kono ko wa wagamama de te ni oenai
      This this kid is wilful and too much for one to handle

Inflection

Inflection of わがまま
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) わがままだろ wagamama daro
Continuative (連用形) わがままで wagamama de
Terminal (終止形) わがままだ wagamama da
Attributive (連体形) わがままな wagamama na
Hypothetical (仮定形) わがままなら wagamama nara
Imperative (命令形) わがままであれ wagamama de are
Key constructions
Informal negative わがままではない
わがままじゃない 		wagamama de wa nai
wagamama ja nai
Informal past わがままだった wagamama datta
Informal negative past わがままではなかった
わがままじゃなかった 		wagamama de wa nakatta
wagamama ja nakatta
Formal わがままです wagamama desu
Formal negative わがままではありません
わがままじゃありません 		wagamama de wa arimasen
wagamama ja arimasen
Formal past わがままでした wagamama deshita
Formal negative past わがままではありませんでした
わがままじゃありませんでした 		wagamama de wa arimasen deshita
wagamama ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive わがままで wagamama de
Conditional わがままなら（ば） wagamama nara (ba)
Provisional わがままだったら wagamama dattara
Volitional わがままだろう wagamama darō
Adverbial わがままに wagamama ni
Degree わがままさ wagamamasa

Noun

わがまま • (wagamama) 

  1. selfishness, egocentrism
  2. willfulness

Descendants

  • → Miyako: わがまま (wagamama)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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