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気まま

きまま

doing as one pleases, free and easy

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Examples

  1. 一人で気ままに旅をするのが好きだ。

    ひとりできままにたびをするのがすきだ。

    I like traveling alone, doing as I please.

  2. 退職後は気ままな生活を送っている。

    たいしょくごはきままなせいかつをおくっている。

    Since retiring he has been living a free and easy life.

  3. 猫は気ままに家の中を歩き回っている。

    ねこはきままにいえのなかをあるきまわっている。

    The cat wanders around the house exactly as it likes.

Common patterns

気ままな生活
a carefree life
気ままに暮らす
to live as one pleases
自由気まま
footloose and fancy-free

Memory tip

Doing as you please with nobody to answer to — usually a pleasant thing, as in 自由気まま. Compare 気まぐれ, which is about unpredictably changing your mind; 気まま is about being unconstrained. 気まま toward others, though, shades into わがまま.

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