Do we have other word instead of selfish ?
Hey guys, how is it going?
I wanna ask you guys about the word.
So, normally selfish is someone who is lacking consideration about other people, right?
But can we use this word in situation which is I want to say it include good meaning and cute meaning?
The reason that is I have experience to use it in the last time but I made kind of mistake.lol
I made someone misunderstood.
In Japanese , we have the word which is "Wagamama(我儘)".
The word has two meanings, one is selfish but other one is we use it as include cute.
In this situation, "Your girlfriend is Wagamama, so she has many requests to you, wants you to do many things but you would like to do it for her. So, you say my girlfriend is Wagamama but it includes cute meaning.
So, if you are Chinese, maybe you know about 任性.
I think 任性 and Wagamama(我儘) are same meaning.
Anyway, does someone know "Wagamama" in English?
Or do you have these of words in your language?
If you know let me know, thanks.
Futa
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Hi Futa,
Selfish, when used in English, is usually negative. It cannot really be used in the context you are asking about. There is a word, however, 'vain', which means has similarities to 'selfish'.
This word can be used in a conversation with a friend to describe their behavior as selfish. It can be used when two friends are joking about, whereas selfish is a bit of a harsher word.
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I checked Wagamama.com on online. I haven't knew it the restaurant is based in the UK with branches in all of the world! whao
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lol.. you mean because the restaurant is selfish! hahaha! I like Wagamama a lot - good noodles! ;)(wagamama.com)
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Hi Mike, how is going?Thanks comment.
Really? Is the restaurant Wagamama? lol. Like do you need to cook yourself in the restaurant?
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To Samantha: Hi nice to meet you, I am so happy to you are interested in Japanese word :) I can tell you many Japanese words if you want. lol
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