無我

Reading

Kana: むが

Romaji: muga

Definitions

noun

1

selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation

2

anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls

(Buddhist term)

Kanji

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

我

Readings: ガ、 われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

Example Sentences

私(わたし)は無我夢中(むがむちゅう)で部屋(へや)を飛(と)び出(だ)した。

➥I ran out of the room without knowing what I was doing.

彼(かれ)はジャズのことになると無我夢中(むがむちゅう)になる。

➥He is so crazy about jazz that he often forgets himself.