► 名詞
勝手 [かって] [勝手が悪い] meaning: use rank: 3
☆ この道具はどうも勝手が悪い ⇨ This tool is hard to use
勝手 [かって] meaning: way rank: 3
☆ このソフトは使った事が無いので勝手が良く分からない ⇨ I’ve never used this software so I don’t know my way around it
勝手 [かって] [勝手が違う] meaning: way rank: 3
☆ 新しい家は未だ勝手が違って変な感じがする ⇨ I’m still not used to my new house and it still feels weird (☛ The state of being accustomed to the way something works)
勝手 [かって] meaning: kitchen rank: 4
☆ (☛ An older expression)
► 形容動詞
勝手 [かって] meaning: allow rank: 1
☆ 彼は勝手に私の自転車を使った ⇨ He used my bicycle without asking me
勝手 [かって] [勝手にする] meaning: like rank: 1
☆ 勝手にしろ！ ⇨ Suit yourself!
勝手 [かって] meaning: selfish rank: 1
☆ 勝手ながら明日は休業させて頂きます ⇨ We apologize (for our selfishness), but we will be closed tomorrow
☆ 勝手なことばかり言いやがって ⇨ You keep saying one selfish thing after another. You’re always selfish
☆ 勝手に勘違いするな！ ⇨ Don’t misinterpret in your own favor!
☆ 軍隊では勝手な行動は許されない ⇨ Selfish behaviors won’t be tolerated in military
More examples:
- 彼は私が気があると勝手に思い違いしていた ⇨ He somehow misunderstood that I had feelings for him
- 「勝手にしろ」と彼は吐き捨てるように言った ⇨ “Whatever”, he said as if to spit the words out, angrily
- どうぞご勝手に ⇨ Please do whatever you like
- 彼は話を全部聞かずに勝手に早とちりした ⇨ He didn’t listen to the whole story and drew a wrong conclusion on his own
- 彼等は製品は競争相手に比べて使い勝手の良さで勝っている ⇨ Their product is better than that of their rival at ease of use
- 身勝手をお許し下さい ⇨ Please forgive me for my selfishness
- 彼女の自分勝手には開いた口が塞がらない ⇨ I can’t close my mouth, my jaw stays dropped, because of her selfishness
- 自分勝手な振る舞い ⇨ Selfish behavior
- なんて自分勝手な奴だ ⇨ What a selfish bastard
- 他人の物を勝手に使ってはいけない ⇨ You can’t use belongings of someone else without a permission
- どうしようと私の勝手でしょ ⇨ What to do with it is my business
- 彼等は子供に好き勝手にさせている ⇨ They let their children do whatever they want
- この道具は使い勝手が良い ⇨ This tool is very easy to use
- あいつの自分勝手さには呆れる ⇨ I am speechless about his selfishness
- 私は彼の勝手な理論を受容するつもりはない ⇨ I have no intention of accepting his arbitrary logic