LingakuFrequency rank: 968.
- arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- arbitrarily
- of its own accord
- voluntarily
- wilfully / willfully
- as one pleases
This usage indicates actions taken without authority or permission, often in a selfish or reckless manner.
Please do not decide arbitrarily.
This usage refers to actions taken independently, without being prompted or influenced by others.
He left home of his own accord.
This usage implies doing something willingly or without compulsion, often in a helpful or charitable manner.
This usage suggests actions done intentionally and with a disregard for consequences or rules.
This usage denotes freedom in making decisions or taking actions according to personal preference.
Generated collocations (experimental)
かってに勝手にするto do something arbitrarilyかってに勝手にきめる決めるto decide something on one's ownかってに勝手にこうどう行動するto act on one's own accordかってに勝手につかう使うto use something without permissionかってに勝手にはいる入るto enter without permissionかってに勝手にへんこう変更するto change something arbitrarilyかってに勝手にふるまう振る舞うto behave as one pleasesかってに勝手にうごく動くto move of its own accordかってに勝手にはつげん発言するto speak arbitrarilyかってに勝手にふりまわす振り回すto wield something at will
Example sentences
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There are frequent instances of malicious door-to-door selling, such as pushing water purifiers on people after carrying out water quality tests without permission.
2. だいがく大学でたて出たてのしんじん新人はしりょう資料をつくったり作ったり、こぴいコピーをとったりとうらかた裏方しごと仕事にてっする徹するのだろうと、かってに勝手にそうぞう想像していたのですがみごと見事にうらぎられました裏切られました。
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.
I took the liberty of using the dictionary while you were out of the room.
The claim of community involvement is just window dressing; City Hall will do what it wants to anyhow.
Don't try to duck out early. Where's your sense of responsibility?
The journalist took liberties with the facts he had gathered.
John helped himself to several pieces of pie without asking.
Even though our house was on TV, I'd prefer it if you wouldn't just barge in our garden and take pictures.