• 我慢がまん — patience; endurance
• 我流がりゅう — one’s own style
• 自我じが — ego; self-awareness
• 我わが家や — my home
• 我欲がよく — selfish desire

我 incorporates the weapon element 戈, historically drawn with projecting points. From a concrete tool to an abstract notion, it came to mark a strong “self” — identity, ego, and one’s own side.

我々われわれは 日本人にほんじんです。
We are Japanese.

我慢がまんが 必要ひつようです。
You need patience.