Lingaku己【おのれ】
Frequency rank: 1,590.
- oneself (itself, etc.)poetical term
- I; mehumble (kenjougo) language
- youderogatory
- by oneself (itself, etc.)
- interjection expressing anger or chagrin
pronoun
adverb (fukushi)
interjection (kandoushi)
Forms
- 己【おのれ】Frequency rank: 1,590.
- 己れ【おのれ】Frequency rank: 34,521. – 34,899.
- おのれFrequency rank: 9,054. – 9,076.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- oneself (itself, etc.)
- I; me
- you
- by oneself (itself, etc.)
- interjection expressing anger or chagrin
This word is used to refer to oneself or itself. It is often used in a somewhat pompous or old-fashioned way.
This meaning is used when referring to oneself as the speaker.
This meaning is used to address someone directly as "you," often in a confrontational or aggressive manner.
Why don't you ask yourself?
This word is used to indicate doing something by oneself or by itself, without the help of others.
This word is used as an interjection to express anger or frustration.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
19 results
He that would govern others, first should be master of himself.
Man, being of flesh, is subject to diseases of the mind and after death, to worms.
Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
Those who spend too much time traveling become strangers in their own country.
Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.