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Illustration of 我慢

我慢がまん

がまん gaman Play N3 Noun Suru verb Transitive Intransitive

つらいことや欲求をこらえ、耐えること。 patience; endurance; perseverance

Example 1

この寒さむさは我慢がまん出来できないな。

I can't put up with this cold.

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Example 2

彼かれは熱あつさにがまんできなかった。

He couldn't bear the heat.

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Kanji breakdown

慢

N1

ridicule; laziness

On reading
マン
Kun reading
Radical
心

我

N1

ego; I; selfish; our; oneself

On reading
ガ
Kun reading
われ、わ、わ.が-、わが-
Radical
戈
Illustration of 怪我
N3

けが

injury (to animate object); hurt

Illustration of 我々
N3

われわれ

we

Illustration of 自慢
N3

じまん

pride; boast

Illustration of 怠慢
N1

たいまん

negligence; procrastination; carelessness

Illustration of 自我
N1

じが

self; the ego