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我慢 (がまん): patience, endurance, perseverance — Japanese vocabulary

我慢 is read がまん and means "patience, endurance, perseverance". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

我慢

Reading
がまん · gaman
Translation
patience, endurance, perseverance
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
がまんが

Example

彼は我慢できなかったので逃げた。

かれはがまんできなかったのでにげた。

As he couldn't endure, he took to his heels.

Kanji in this word

  • 我 — Ego, I, Selfish
  • 慢 — arrogant, slow

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