我を張る

Reading

Kana: がをはる

Romaji: gawoharu

Definition

exp

v5r

1

to insist on one's own ideas

Kanji

我

Readings: ガ、 われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

張

Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

Example Sentences

そう我(わが)をはるな。

➥Don't be so self-assertive.

彼(かれ)は我(わが)を張(は)ってきかない。

➥He will have his own way.