我わが意いを得える

expression, ichidan verb

approve of; find agreeable; be satisfied with

A somewhat literary set phrase meaning to find something matches one's own opinion or feeling. Often used in the perfective form 我が意を得たり as an exclamation of approval.

See also: 我が意を得たり

• 彼かれの提てい案あんは我わが意いを得えたものだった。

  His proposal was something I could fully approve of.

• その言こと葉ばを聞きいて、我わが意いを得えたりと思おもった。

  Hearing those words, I thought, 'That's exactly what I think!'