<p>Literally it means &quot;Essence of selfishness&quot;.</p>
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<li>我儘 = selfishness</li>
<li>の='s/the thing before it possesses the thing after it,</li>
<li>極意 = essence/essential point/main point</li>
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Literally translations don't work well and yours is a bit off, especially the gouki bit. The translation for chapter 75 calls it Ultra Ego. This article offers a break down of the translation: https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-super-vegeta-ultra-ego-translation/
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<p>Probably it is worth mentioning 我儘の極意, considered as a combination of ordinary words, makes little sense. As such anything may be fine as a translation as long as it vaguely reminds of the original, so I guess Ultra Ego is good enough.</p>
<p>The naming seems to be a kind of wordplay.</p>
<p>Apparently, Goku's new transformation uses a word 身勝手, which means <em>selfishness</em>. But the author takes it as 身(body) + 勝手 (as in 勝手に=instinctively, automatically), so the intended meaning is like <em>body moves instinctively</em>.</p>
<p>Now 我儘 also means <em>selfishness</em>, and that seems to be the reason of the word choice. Again, the author's intention is breaking it down as 我(I) + 儘(as) = <em>as I wish/want</em>. (This may be not too far from the original meaning anyway.)</p>
<p>極意 means something like <em>ultimate technique</em>. For example, <em>to get 極意 of X</em> in Japanese means a complete mastery of X.</p>
<p>Thus a bit awkward translation of 我儘の極意 is <em>the ultimate art of moving as I wish</em>.</p>

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<p>I've seen over half a dozen names for Vegeta's new transformation in English. The Japanese name is 我儘【わがまま】の極意【ごくい】 (<em>Wagamama no Gokui</em>) but in English people calls it Ultra Ego, Mega Instinct, Instinct of Conquest, Superior obstination, etc.</p>
<p>How does Vegeta's new transformation name translate to English?</p>

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How does Vegeta new transformation name translates to English?
# How does Vegeta new transformation name translates to English?
Posted by: username_0 on 2021-08-18
I've seen over half a dozen names for Vegeta's new transformation in English. The Japanese name is 我儘【わがまま】の極意【ごくい】 (*Wagamama no Gokui*) but in English people calls it Ultra Ego, Mega Instinct, Instinct of Conquest, Superior obstination, etc.

How does Vegeta's new transformation name translate to English?
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## 2 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2021-08-19. Score: 2
Literally it means "Essence of selfishness".

* 我儘 = selfishness
* の='s/the thing before it possesses the thing after it,
* 極意 = essence/essential point/main point
> **Comments:**
> **username_2** (2021-08-20): Literally translations don't work well and yours is a bit off, especially the gouki bit. The translation for chapter 75 calls it Ultra Ego. This article offers a break down of the translation: https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-super-vegeta-ultra-ego-translation/  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-08-20. Score: 1
Probably it is worth mentioning 我儘の極意, considered as a combination of ordinary words, makes little sense. As such anything may be fine as a translation as long as it vaguely reminds of the original, so I guess Ultra Ego is good enough.

The naming seems to be a kind of wordplay.

Apparently, Goku's new transformation uses a word 身勝手, which means *selfishness*. But the author takes it as 身(body) + 勝手 (as in 勝手に=instinctively, automatically), so the intended meaning is like *body moves instinctively*.

Now 我儘 also means *selfishness*, and that seems to be the reason of the word choice. Again, the author's intention is breaking it down as 我(I) + 儘(as) = *as I wish/want*. (This may be not too far from the original meaning anyway.)

極意 means something like *ultimate technique*. For example, *to get 極意 of X* in Japanese means a complete mastery of X.

Thus a bit awkward translation of 我儘の極意 is *the ultimate art of moving as I wish*.
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