"勝手" meaning in Japanese

See 勝手 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ka̠t̚te̞]
Etymology: 勝ち (kachi, “victory; win; advantage”) + 手 (te, “means; way”) Etymology templates: {{com|ja|勝ち|手|sort=かって|t1=victory; win; advantage|t2=means; way|tr1=kachi|tr2=te}} 勝ち (kachi, “victory; win; advantage”) + 手 (te, “means; way”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|かって|infl=な}} 勝(かっ)手(て) • (katte) -na (adnominal 勝(かっ)手(て)な (katte na), adverbial 勝(かっ)手(て)に (katte ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=かって|lemma=勝手|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 勝手 [canonical] (ruby: (かっ), ()), katte [romanization], 勝手な [adnominal] (ruby: (かっ), ()), 勝手に [adverbial] (ruby: (かっ), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 勝手だろ [imperfective, stem], かってだろ [imperfective, stem], katte daro [imperfective], 勝手で [continuative, stem], かってで [continuative, stem], katte de [continuative], 勝手だ [stem, terminative], かってだ [stem, terminative], katte da [terminative], 勝手な [attributive, stem], かってな [attributive, stem], katte na [attributive], 勝手なら [hypothetical, stem], かってなら [hypothetical, stem], katte nara [hypothetical], 勝手であれ [imperative, stem], かってであれ [imperative, stem], katte de are [imperative], 勝手ではない [informal, negative], 勝手じゃない [informal, negative], かってではない [informal, negative], かってじゃない [informal, negative], katte de wa nai [informal, negative], katte ja nai [informal, negative], 勝手だった [informal, past], かってだった [informal, past], katte datta [informal, past], 勝手ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 勝手じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], かってではなかった [informal, negative, past], かってじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], katte de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], katte ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 勝手です [formal], かってです [formal], katte desu [formal], 勝手ではありません [formal, negative], 勝手じゃありません [formal, negative], かってではありません [formal, negative], かってじゃありません [formal, negative], katte de wa arimasen [formal, negative], katte ja arimasen [formal, negative], 勝手でした [formal, past], かってでした [formal, past], katte deshita [formal, past], 勝手ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 勝手じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かってではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かってじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], katte de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], katte ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 勝手で [conjunctive], かってで [conjunctive], katte de [conjunctive], 勝手なら(ば) [conditional], かってなら(ば) [conditional], katte nara (ba) [conditional], 勝手だったら [conditional, past], かってだったら [conditional, past], katte dattara [conditional, past], 勝手だろう [volitional], かってだろう [volitional], katte darō [volitional], 勝手に [adverbial], かってに [adverbial], katte ni [adverbial], 勝手さ [noun-from-adj], かってさ [noun-from-adj], kattesa [noun-from-adj]
  1. selfish
    Sense id: en-勝手-ja-adj-GMdrWkpA
  2. self-serving; conveniently arbitrary
    Sense id: en-勝手-ja-adj-rNthmXNE Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 37 22 27 10 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 18 30 37 13 1
  3. acting on one's own without asking
    Sense id: en-勝手-ja-adj-3vTlvff8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 18 30 37 13 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠t̚te̞] Forms: 勝手 [canonical] (ruby: (かっ), ()), katte [romanization]
Etymology: 勝ち (kachi, “victory; win; advantage”) + 手 (te, “means; way”) Etymology templates: {{com|ja|勝ち|手|sort=かって|t1=victory; win; advantage|t2=means; way|tr1=kachi|tr2=te}} 勝ち (kachi, “victory; win; advantage”) + 手 (te, “means; way”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かって}} 勝(かっ)手(て) • (katte)
  1. one's convenience, one's way
    Sense id: en-勝手-ja-noun-BEqdTMtl Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 21 28 35 13 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 0 21 26 42 7 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 23 27 34 13 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 22 27 35 13 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 18 30 37 13 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 19 29 38 14 1
  2. circumstances, a situation (e.g. a financial one), en environment
    Sense id: en-勝手-ja-noun-L8mIZ1zX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 18 30 37 13 1
  3. a kitchen
    Sense id: en-勝手-ja-noun-aRridOoJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 台所 (daidokoro) (ruby: (だい), (どころ)), 厨房 (chūbō) (ruby: (ちゅう), (ぼう)), キッチン (kitchin), キチン (kichin)
Derived forms: 勝手気まま (kattekimama), 勝手気儘 (kattekimama), 勝手口 (katteguchi), a kitchen door, a back door, 勝手次第 (katteshidai) (ruby: (かっ), (), (), (だい)), 勝手に (katte ni), arbitrarily, of its own accord, 勝手にしろ (katte ni shiro), have it your way!, go to hell!, 勝手放題 (kattehōdai) (ruby: (かっ), (), (ほう), (だい)), 勝手向き (kattemuki) (ruby: (かっ), (), ()), 勝手元 (kattemoto) (ruby: (かっ), (), (もと)), 自分勝手 (jibunkatte) (ruby: (), (ぶん), (かっ), ()), 使い勝手 (tsukaigatte) (ruby: 使(つか), (がっ), ())
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      "form": "かってなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "katte nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "勝手であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "かってであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "katte de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "勝手ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "かってではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かってじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "katte de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "勝手だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "katte datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "勝手じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "かってではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "かってじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "katte de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "勝手です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かってです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "katte desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "勝手ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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        "negative"
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      "form": "かってじゃありません",
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    {
      "form": "katte de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "katte ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "勝手でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "かってでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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      "form": "katte deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "勝手ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "勝手じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "かってではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "katte de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kattesa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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        "infl": "な"
      },
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        "adverbial": ". に",
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        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
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        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かって",
        "lemma": "勝手",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She’s pretty arbitrary, I must say.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔(ま)法(ほう)の粉(こな)の巻(まき) [Magical Powder]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "Katte na yatsu da.",
          "ruby": [
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              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勝手な奴だ。",
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        {
          "english": "She’s pretty arbitrary, I must say.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔(ま)法(ほう)の粉(こな)の巻(まき) [Magical Powder]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "Katte na yatsu da.",
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              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ]
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          "text": "勝手な奴だ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "english": "She’s pretty arbitrary, I must say.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔(ま)法(ほう)の粉(こな)の巻(まき) [Magical Powder]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:",
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    {
      "form": "かってだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "勝手さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かってさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kattesa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かって",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "勝(かっ)手(て) • (katte) -na (adnominal 勝(かっ)手(て)な (katte na), adverbial 勝(かっ)手(て)に (katte ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かって",
        "lemma": "勝手",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "selfish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "selfish",
          "selfish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She’s pretty arbitrary, I must say.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔(ま)法(ほう)の粉(こな)の巻(まき) [Magical Powder]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "Katte na yatsu da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勝手な奴だ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "She’s pretty arbitrary, I must say.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔(ま)法(ほう)の粉(こな)の巻(まき) [Magical Powder]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "Katte na yatsu da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勝手な奴だ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "She’s pretty arbitrary, I must say.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔(ま)法(ほう)の粉(こな)の巻(まき) [Magical Powder]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "Katte na yatsu da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勝手な奴だ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "She’s pretty arbitrary, I must say.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔(ま)法(ほう)の粉(こな)の巻(まき) [Magical Powder]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "Katte na yatsu da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勝手な奴だ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Putting them into categories like pests or weeds is just one of people’s arbitrary means.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “虫(むし)は虫(むし)、草(くさ)は草(くさ)の巻(まき) [Insects Are Only Insects, Grasses Are Only Grasses]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 48:",
          "roman": "Gaichū mo zassō mo ningen no katte na tsugō de bunruisareta mon daro.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "害",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "虫",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "雑",
              "ざっ"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "都",
              "つ"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "類",
              "るい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "害虫も雑草も人間の勝手な都合で分類されたもんだろ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Putting them into categories like pests or weeds is just one of people’s arbitrary means.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “虫(むし)は虫(むし)、草(くさ)は草(くさ)の巻(まき) [Insects Are Only Insects, Grasses Are Only Grasses]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 48:",
          "roman": "Gaichū mo zassō mo ningen no katte na tsugō de bunruisareta mon daro.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "害",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "虫",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "雑",
              "ざっ"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "都",
              "つ"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "類",
              "るい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "害虫も雑草も人間の勝手な都合で分類されたもんだろ。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Putting them into categories like pests or weeds is just one of people’s arbitrary means.",
          "ref": "1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “虫(むし)は虫(むし)、草(くさ)は草(くさ)の巻(まき) [Insects Are Only Insects, Grasses Are Only Grasses]”, in 虹(NIJI)色(-IRO)とうがらし(TOHGARASHI) [Rainbow-Colored Peppers], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 48:",
          "roman": "Gaichū mo zassō mo ningen no katte na tsugō de bunruisareta mon daro.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "害",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "虫",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "雑",
              "ざっ"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "都",
              "つ"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "類",
              "るい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "害虫も雑草も人間の勝手な都合で分類されたもんだろ。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "self-serving; conveniently arbitrary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self-serving",
          "self-serving"
        ],
        [
          "conveniently",
          "conveniently"
        ],
        [
          "arbitrary",
          "arbitrary"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "虫",
              "むし"
            ],
            [
              "眼",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "鏡",
              "がね"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "理",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "科",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "教",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "室",
              "しつ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "入",
              "はい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "1935, Tamiki Hara, 『焔』\n君はこの虫眼鏡知らないか。知りません。理科教室に一人で勝手に入ったことはなかったか。ありません。\nKimi wa kono mushimegane shiranai ka. Shirimasen. Rika kyōshitsu ni hitori de katte ni haitta koto wa nakatta ka. Arimasen.\nHave you seen this magnifier before?—No, I haven't.—Have you been in the laboratory alone, uninvited?—No, I haven't."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "acting on one's own without asking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "asking",
          "asking"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かって"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠t̚te̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "勝手"
}

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    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "kattekimama",
      "word": "勝手気まま"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kattekimama",
      "word": "勝手気儘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katteguchi",
      "word": "勝手口"
    },
    {
      "word": "a kitchen door"
    },
    {
      "word": "a back door"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katteshidai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "勝",
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        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "次",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "第",
          "だい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "勝手次第"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katte ni",
      "word": "勝手に"
    },
    {
      "word": "arbitrarily"
    },
    {
      "word": "of its own accord"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katte ni shiro",
      "word": "勝手にしろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "have it your way!"
    },
    {
      "word": "go to hell!"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kattehōdai",
      "ruby": [
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          "勝",
          "かっ"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "放",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "題",
          "だい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "勝手放題"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kattemuki",
      "ruby": [
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          "勝",
          "かっ"
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        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
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          "向",
          "む"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "勝手向き"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kattemoto",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "勝",
          "かっ"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "元",
          "もと"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "jibunkatte",
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        [
          "自",
          "じ"
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        [
          "分",
          "ぶん"
        ],
        [
          "勝",
          "かっ"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "自分勝手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsukaigatte",
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          "使",
          "つか"
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          "勝",
          "がっ"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ]
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        "3": "手",
        "sort": "かって",
        "t1": "victory; win; advantage",
        "t2": "means; way",
        "tr1": "kachi",
        "tr2": "te"
      },
      "expansion": "勝ち (kachi, “victory; win; advantage”) + 手 (te, “means; way”)",
      "name": "com"
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  "etymology_text": "勝ち (kachi, “victory; win; advantage”) + 手 (te, “means; way”)",
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    {
      "form": "勝手",
      "ruby": [
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          "勝",
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      "form": "katte",
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "daidokoro",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "台",
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        ],
        [
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          "どころ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "台所"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūbō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "厨",
          "ちゅう"
        ],
        [
          "房",
          "ぼう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "厨房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kitchin",
      "word": "キッチン"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kichin",
      "word": "キチン"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one's convenience, one's way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "convenience",
          "convenience"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to not know how things work",
          "roman": "katte ga wakaranai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勝",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勝手がわからない",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "circumstances, a situation (e.g. a financial one), en environment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "environment",
          "environment"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a kitchen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kitchen",
          "kitchen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かって"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠t̚te̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "勝手"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 勝手 meaning in Japanese (17.2kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "勝手",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "勝手"
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  "section": "Japanese",
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}

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