selfishness; willfulness; doing as one pleases
Describes acting according to one's own desires without regard for others. Often used in the phrase 自儘にする (to have one's own way) or 自儘な (selfish).
He always behaves selfishly.
A selfish attitude troubles those around you.
Compound of 自 (self) and 儘 (as one wishes, condition). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination straightforwardly conveys 'self-willed'.