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Words that cannot be guessed from Kanji: 勝手（かって）

勝手（かって）

勝: Victory.

手: Hand.

勝手（かって）: Arbitrarily; Do whatever you like and only care about your personal convenience; To be arbitrary. Without allowance/authorization.

Example:

勝手にしろ。Do whatever you like. (Without authorization)

彼が勝手に決めたことだ。 He decided without consulting anyone. (Without authorization/allowance)

話が勝手すぎる。You speak too freely (and offend people).

やるもやらないも君の勝手だ。It's up to you to do it or not.


It also has other meanings, such as "kitchen/situation/livelihood/convenience," but these are not commonly used, and you can hardly see them. And actually, other Japanese words correspond to these meanings, such as "台所・都合・家計・便利."

This is an ancient word. Of course, it does have the meaning of selfishness, but its most commonly used meaning is "Do whatever you like and only care about your personal convenience."

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