Expressions· 23 我わ が 家や one's house; one's home; one's family 我わ が 子こ one's own child; one's own children 我わ が 事こと personal affair; one's own affair 我わ が 党とう my party; our party · I; me; you (archaic) Show 5 more Show fewer 我わ が 君きみ my lord; my master · you; my dear 我わ が 妻つま my spouse; my wife; my husband 我わ が 心こころ my heart; my feelings; my mind See all 23 in Explore →
Related words 我が is a pre-noun adjective meaning 'my/our own' with emotional weight, while 自分 is a reflexive noun meaning 'oneself' used more neutrally as 自分の to show possession.
我が directly modifies a noun to mean 'my/our', whereas 私 is the ordinary first-person pronoun that needs の (私の ) to express possession and carries less emotional weight.
Word family acting like one owns the place; behaving as if one were the owner
myself; oneself; one's own body · I; me · you (to an inferior)
our country Japan; my beloved Japan
Written forms 我わ が Usage 54%
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
わが Usage 43%
我わが Usage 2%
Kanji-only spelling; less common and may be ambiguous without context.
吾わ が Usage 1%
Archaic kanji variant; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Etymology From Old Japanese 我 (wa, 'I, me') + possessive particle が (ga). The form 我が is a fossilized possessive construction that now functions as a single pre-noun adjectival.
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