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我慢

我慢

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
まん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

我慢 (hiragana がまん, romaji gaman)

  1. patience, endurance, tolerance

Compounds

  • 我慢強い

Verb

我慢する (hiragana がまんする, romaji gaman suru)

  1. endure, be patient, deny oneself something, hang in there
    ここは我慢 (がまん)肝心 (かんじん)だ。
    Koko wa gaman ga kanjin da.
    This is the time to be patient.

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.