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勘弁 (かんべん): pardon, forgiveness, forbearance — Japanese vocabulary

勘弁 is read かんべん and means "pardon, forgiveness, forbearance". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

勘弁

Reading
かんべん · kamben
Translation
pardon, forgiveness, forbearance
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
かんべんが

Example

それだけは勘弁してください。

それだけはかんべんしてください。

I would do anything but that.

Kanji in this word

  • 勘 — Intuition, Perception, Check
  • 弁 — valve, speech

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