As if there weren’t enough words for “I” in Japanese already, I stumbled across 己 [おのれ] today.
賢者は己の失策から学ぶ / A wise man profits from his mistakes
己を知れ / Know thyself
Take it.
すごい！『石の上にも(^_^)v』に書くように、意識して話します。 《あ》シリーズ:
*案外(あんがい) / unexpectedly; contrary to expectations / 案外な unexpected / 案外難しい more difficult than expected.
洪水の被害（こうずいのひがい）は案外少なかった。 The flood damage was less than we expected.
*案の定(あんのじょう) / So, 案 is plan, scheme, proposition, proposal or suggestion (and so on). From which we get stuff like / …という案を出す propose that… / 案を立 make a plan / 案を作る work out a [...]
I always thought that 慌てる （あわてる） was “to hurry” or “to rush”. 大谷先生 put me straight last night. She told me to 慌てないでね － remain calm. 慌てる apparently has a bit of a feeling of panic to it. I checked it out – “be flustered” the dictionary reckons. It’s quite different to 急ぐ （いそぐ） in that regard. She [...]