勝かっ手て気きまま

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Common word

Meanings

noun, na-adjective

self-willed; doing as one pleases; inconsiderate

Describes a person or behavior that is selfishly willful, acting without regard for others' convenience or feelings. Often used critically.

彼かれは勝かっ手て気きままに振ふる舞まって、周まわりの迷めい惑わくを考かんがえない。
He behaves as he pleases, without considering the trouble he causes others.
勝かっ手て気きままな一人ひとり旅たびが好すきだ。
I like traveling alone, doing whatever I want.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が勝かっ手て気きままに振ふる舞まうfor someone to behave selfishly, doing exactly as they please
彼かれはいつも勝かっ手て気きままに振ふる舞まう。
He always behaves selfishly, doing whatever he wants.
勝かっ手て気きままな〈人ひと〉a self-willed, inconsiderate person
彼かの女じょは勝かっ手て気きままな性せい格かくで、周まわりを困こまらせる。
She has a willful, inconsiderate personality that troubles those around her.
勝かっ手て気きままに暮くらすto live exactly as one pleases, free of others' constraints
彼かれは田舎いなかで勝かっ手て気きままに暮くらしている。
He lives freely, doing as he pleases, out in the countryside.

Kanji

勝victory, win, prevail
手hand
気spirit, mind, air
儘as it is, because

Related words

わがままN3
わがまま is the everyday, general word for selfishness or being spoiled, while 勝手気まま emphasizes willfully doing as one pleases without regard for others.
自じ分ぶん勝かっ手て
自分勝手 stresses active disregard for others' feelings or convenience, while 勝手気まま can also describe a more free-spirited, independent attitude.
自じ由ゆう奔ほん放ぽう
自由奔放 describes living freely and unconventionally with a neutral or admiring tone, whereas 勝手気まま usually carries a critical nuance about ignoring others.

Built from

勝かっ手て+気きまま

Written forms

勝かっ手て気きまま
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
勝かっ手て気き儘まま
Rare variant using the kyūjitai form 儘 for まま.

Etymology

Compound of 勝手 (katte, 'one's own convenience') and 気まま (kimama, 'willfulness'). The combination reinforces the idea of acting entirely according to one's own whims.