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    3. 身勝手

    身勝手

    身み勝がっ手て

    selfish

    KMT10News #37+1Noun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    身がって

    みがって

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    selfish, self-centred, egotistical

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    彼かれの行こう動どうは身み勝がっ手てだ。

    His actions are selfish.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    自じ分ぶんのことばかり考かんがえるのは身み勝がっ手てな態たい度どだ。

    Thinking only of oneself is a selfish attitude.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは身み勝がっ手てな理り由ゆうで仕し事ごとを辞やめ、周しゅう囲いに大おおきな迷めい惑わくをかけた。

    He quit his job for selfish reasons, causing great trouble to those around him.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    身み勝がっ手てな振ふる舞まいは、人にん間げん関かん係けいを壊こわす原げん因いんとなる。

    Selfish behavior can be a cause of destroying human relationships.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれの身み勝がっ手てな意い見けんは、会かい議ぎで誰だれも賛さん同どうしなかった。

    No one agreed with his selfish opinion at the meeting.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    勝
    か.つ・-が.ち・まさ.る・すぐ.れる・かつ…(4)
    victory・win・prevail・excel
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
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