I Love Kanji怠慢 (taiman)
怠慢 (たいまん, taiman) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “negligence; neglect”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たいまん
- Romaji
- taiman
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination · noun, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 怠慢
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 怠慢だ | たいまんだ taimanda |
| Present (polite) | 怠慢です | たいまんです taimandesu |
| Negative | 怠慢じゃない | たいまんじゃない taimanjanai |
| Past | 怠慢だった | たいまんだった taimandatta |
| Negative past | 怠慢じゃなかった | たいまんじゃなかった taimanjanakatta |
| Te-form | 怠慢で | たいまんで taimande |
| Before a noun | 怠慢な | たいまんな taimanna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 怠慢に | たいまんに taimanni |
Kanji in 怠慢
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 怠慢.
怠けるなまけるto be lazy怠るおこたるto neglect自慢じまんpride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.)我慢がまんendurance
Source: JMdict entry 1410740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.