する verb - irregular, transitive verb

  1. to use (public property) for personal purposes, to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends, to misappropriate (public money), to appropriate, to embezzle.

する verb - irregular, intransitive verb

Archaism.
  1. to act selfishly.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
私する わたくしする

Contained Kanji Breakdown

private, I, me
わたし シ わたくし (6th, N4)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)