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気随気儘 (きずいきまま) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
as one pleases ; self-indulgent ; willful
Describes acting entirely according to one's own whims, without regard for others. Often carries a negative connotation of selfishness or capriciousness.
気き 随ずい 気き 儘まま な 生せい 活かつ に 憧あこが れる が 、 現げん 実じつ は そう 簡かん 単たん で は ない 。
I long for a self-indulgent life, but reality is not so simple.
Kanji 随 follow, though, notwithstanding Similar words 気き まま 気まま is more common and neutral, meaning 'doing as one likes' without the strong selfish nuance of 気随気儘.
わがまま わがまま is more direct and often used for children or selfish demands; 気随気儘 is more literary and describes a general disposition.
Etymology A compound of 気随 (きずい, 'as one pleases') and 気儘 (きまま, 'selfishness'), both using ateji. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely emerged as an emphatic reduplicative phrase.
