勝手|かってkatte[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, na-adjectiveone's own convenience; one's way; selfishness
   いつまでもぶつくさ言いっているのは君きみの勝手かってだけどね、それじゃあ事態じたいは何なん一ひとつ変かわらないよ。↗

   You can complain 'til the cows come home, but it's not going to make a bit of difference.
2. nounsurroundings; environment; way of doing things
   君きみもこの手ての仕事しごとは初はじめてなんだろう？勝手かってがわかるまではマニュアル通とおりにやっておいたほうがいいよ。↗

   It's your first time doing this kind of work. You should follow the manual exactly until you get more experience.
3. nounconvenience; ease of use
4. nounfinancial circumstances; living; livelihood
5. nounkitchen
6. nounright hand (in archery); hand that pulls the bowstring
7. noun (prefix)unauthorised (e.g. phone app, WWW site); unofficial

• Synonym身勝手みがってNeutralNoun for putting your own convenience first; derogatory, and stresses self-interest more strongly than 「勝手」.
• Synonym自分勝手じぶんかってNeutralFour-character compound for acting selfishly without regard for others; derogatory and heavier in tone than 「勝手」.
• SynonymわがままNeutralNoun for insisting on your own way regardless of others; said of children and adults alike, and common in speech.
• Synonym得手勝手えてかってWrittenFour-character compound for wilfully going your own way; mainly written style.
• Synonym手前勝手てまえがってWrittenFour-character compound for thinking only of yourself; written in tone and derogatory.
• Synonym自由勝手じゆうかってNeutralFour-character compound for doing just as you please; less common, close in sense to 「自分勝手」.
• RelatedエゴイスティックNeutralLoanword for egoistic; used less often, with 「自分勝手」 or 「利己的」 more usual in everyday speech.
• Related利己的りこてきWrittenAdjectival noun for self-interested, egoistic behaviour; fairly formal, as in 「利己的な考え」.
• Related我が強いががつよいNeutralIdiom for being strong-willed and refusing to bend from your own opinions; not necessarily selfish.
• Antonym遠慮えんりょNeutralNoun for holding back out of consideration for others; the opposite of 「勝手」 in its do-as-you-please sense.

Use 「勝手」 for acting on your own convenience or without permission, as in 「勝手にしろ」, and for the kitchen as in 「勝手口」. For selfish behaviour pick 「身勝手」 or 「自分勝手」, for wilfulness 「我儘」, for egoism 「利己的」, and for polite restraint 「遠慮」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 台所だいどころ。
2. 暮らし向くらしむき。
3. 場所ばしょなどの様子ようすに対たいする感触かんしょく。
4. 道具どうぐを使用しようした際さいに便利べんりであると感かんじられる感触かんしょく。
5. 自身じしんの気きの赴おもむくままの、特とくに独善的どくぜんてきな意思いしに基もとづいた行おこない。
6. 弓ゆみを射いるために弦げんを引ひく方ほうの手て。
7. 自身じしんの気きの赴おもむくまま、特とくに独善的どくぜんてきな意思いしや判断はんだんに基もとづいて物事ものごとを行おこなうさま。他人たにんの意向いこうや場ばの秩序ちつじょなどを無視むしして行おこなうさま。
8. 適当てきとう。任意にんい。自由じゆう。
9. 〔主おもに連用形れんようけいで〕 （他人たにんが）自おのずと。（無生物むせいぶつが）独ひとりでに。自動じどうで。