我が意い

noun

self-will; obstinacy

Refers to stubbornly insisting on one's own way or opinion, often with a negative connotation. Somewhat literary or formal; in casual speech わがまま is more common.

• 彼かれは我が意いを通とおそうとして、周しゅう囲いと衝しょう突とつした。

  He tried to have his own way and clashed with those around him.

• 我が意いを張はると、協きょう力りょくが難むずかしくなる。

  If you insist on your own will, cooperation becomes difficult.