表層形
えご
エゴ
形容詞
えご (エゴ)
Ego · えご — ego
Other ways to say “ego” in Japanese →
えご in rōmaji: ego.
形容詞
一般
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📝 えぐい 🔤 形容詞 📐 語幹-一般
Updated: 2026年9月16日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
えご
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
えぐい
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| 読み (Reading) |
エゴ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
語幹-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
えご
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| 読み・基本形 |
エゴイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
えごい
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| 見出し語の読み |
エグイ
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How it's used
Used in everyday conversation and psychology to refer to the self or selfishness, often with a negative nuance.
⚖️ Often confused with 'jibun' (self), but 'ego' specifically implies selfishness or self-centeredness.
💡 English Meaning
えご means “ego” — full definition & examples →
⭐ Dictionary Form
🔗 Other Forms of えごい
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Reading & Info
エゴ
Lemma: えぐい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
えぐいです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
えぐくない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
えぐかった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
えぐくて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
えぐく
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
えぐければ
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Did you know · 形容詞
形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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❓ About this entry
What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (えご) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (えぐい) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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