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勝手

かって

selfish, self-centered

Mnemonic

Playing every round for himself and nobody else at the table. A cutter かって, and enough of it now: かって.

Worth knowing

勝手に means 'without asking anyone'. 勝手に決めた, decided it on his own.

Built from

win, excel
力 power down in the bottom right. Whoever came out on top.
hand
A hand with the fingers drawn out from the wrist.

Words sharing these kanji

match, contest triumph, victory hand to help partner, opponent skilled, good both hands letter hard to deal with, weak point means, way one hand bad at, poor

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