Selfish

"Selfish" in Japanese

わがままな

wagamama na

(having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)

利己的な

rikoteki na

(having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)

勝手な

katte na

(holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)

我が儘な

wagamama na

(having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)

自分勝手な

jibunkatte na

(holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)

自分本位の

jibunhon'i no

(holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)

身勝手な

migatte na

(holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.