I Love Kanji勝手 (katte)
勝手 (かって, katte) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “one's own convenience; one's way”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かって
- Romaji
- katte
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- one's own convenience; one's way; selfishness · noun, な-adjective
- surroundings; environment; way of doing things · noun
- convenience; ease of use · noun
- financial circumstances; living; livelihood · noun
- kitchen · noun
Example sentences
いつまでもぶつくさ言っているのは君の勝手だけどね、それじゃあ事態は何一つ変わらないよ。
You can complain 'til the cows come home, but it's not going to make a bit of difference.
君もこの手の仕事は初めてなんだろう？勝手がわかるまではマニュアル通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.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 勝手
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 勝手だ | かってだ katteda |
| Present (polite) | 勝手です | かってです kattedesu |
| Negative | 勝手じゃない | かってじゃない kattejanai |
| Past | 勝手だった | かってだった kattedatta |
| Negative past | 勝手じゃなかった | かってじゃなかった kattejanakatta |
| Te-form | 勝手で | かってで kattede |
| Before a noun | 勝手な | かってな kattena |
| Adverb (~ni) | 勝手に | かってに katteni |
Kanji in 勝手
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 勝手.
勝つかつto win勝ちかちwin優勝ゆうしょうoverall victory勝敗しょうはいvictory or defeat勝負しょうぶvictory or defeat勝しょうwin勝手にかってにarbitrarily決勝けっしょうdecision of a contest勝利しょうりvictory勝るまさるto excel手てhand切手きってstamp (postage)上手じょうずskillful手紙てがみletter
Source: JMdict entry 1346190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.