Keyword
me (old fashioned)
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig690
Readings
われ
(26%)
(21%)
(17%)
(8%)
あれ
(8%)
わぬ
(8%)
わろ
(8%)
わが
(1%)
Composed of
hand
dagger-axe
Mnemonic

Me, well, I'm a little old fashioned, I always have a dagger-axe in my hand, ready to defend myself in case I'm attacked.

Used in kanji (10 in total)
justice
starved
abrupt
type of thistle
Used in vocabulary (185 in total)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
my; our; one's own
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to come to one's senses; to calm down
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
one's house; one's home; one's family
our country; our land; one's own country
self; the ego
wounded person; injured person
one's own child; one's own children
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
serious injury
hurt; injured
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
my; our; one's own
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
our company; my company
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
looking or acting as if one owned the place
our school; my school
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
(very) patient; persevering
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
I; as for me
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
personal affair; one's own affair
one's own property; possessions
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
pre-ejaculate; pre-ejaculatory fluid; Cowper's fluid; pre-cum
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
obstinacy; atman; the self; the ego
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
personal affair; one's own affair
our side; we
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
selfishness
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
one's own property; possessions
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
our country; our land; one's own country
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
vying with one another
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
egotism; obstinacy
self-will; obstinacy
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
one's house; one's home; one's family
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
our country Japan
to insist on one's own ideas
solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
selflessness
seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
my party; our party; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
the self; the ego
to concede a point; to yield; to give in
absentmindedly; in spite of oneself
selfishness
obstinate and self-assertive
ego; self
looking or acting as if one owned the place
self-consciousness
myself and others
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
our company; my company
self interest
everybody for himself; everyone for themselves
non-ego (philosophy); not-self
everybody for himself; everyone for themselves
to insist on one's own ideas
solipsism (phil.)
one's own property; possessions
in spite of oneself; absently; involuntarily
one man's fault is another's lesson
state of complete self-effacement; trance
those confident in themselves
oneself and others
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
selfish mind
thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard
our side; we
to yell; to shout
self-effacing; selfless
winning accidentally
I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum
my party; our party; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you
live and let live; you do you and I'll do me; (lit.) people are people; I am myself
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
those confident in themselves
to insist on one's own ideas
egoism; love of self
I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum
I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum
greedy person; grasping person
red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
selfishness; bias; personal feelings
ego derangement; ego disturbance
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
losing accidentally
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
self-praise
idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
absentmindedly; in spite of oneself
you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too
I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum
in spite of oneself; absently; involuntarily
live and let live; you do you and I'll do me; (lit.) people are people; I am myself
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
one's house; one's home; one's family
my love; my dear; darling
my love; my dear; darling
self-realization; self-realisation
believer of my denomination
walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; (lit.) pinch yourself and know others' pain
walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; (lit.) pinch yourself and know others' pain
what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
the doting parent's purse is plundered; (lit.) the thief caught turns out to be one's own son
without restraint; without hesitation; without holding back
wife; bride
I; me; you
I feign no hypotheses; hypotheses non fingo
I feign no hypotheses; hypotheses non fingo
be mean to me and I'll be mean in return; I'll treat them as badly as they treat me
I believe in order to understand; credo ut intelligam
I believe in order to understand; credo ut intelligam
Examples (200 in total)
You know why we're here.
Why are we still here?
If it were not for water, we could not live.