かってに

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かってに – see the following entry.

【勝手に】 [adverb] selfishly; for one's convenience; wilfully, as one pleases [adverb] (especially in terms of inanimate objects) on one's own, by oneself; done in a way that does not require the assistance of another (person or thing)

(This term, かってに (katteni), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)