I Love Kanji我慢 (gaman)
我慢 (がまん, gaman) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “endurance; patience”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- がまん
- Romaji
- gaman
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something) · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
- self-control; self-restraint · noun, suru verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 我慢
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 我慢する | がまんする gamansuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 我慢します | がまんします gamanshimasu |
| Negative | 我慢しない | がまんしない gamanshinai |
| Polite negative | 我慢しません | がまんしません gamanshimasen |
| Past | 我慢した | がまんした gamanshita |
| Polite past | 我慢しました | がまんしました gamanshimashita |
| Negative past | 我慢しなかった | がまんしなかった gamanshinakatta |
| Te-form | 我慢して | がまんして gamanshite |
| Potential | 我慢できる | がまんできる gamandekiru |
| Passive | 我慢される | がまんされる gamansareru |
| Causative | 我慢させる | がまんさせる gamansaseru |
| Volitional | 我慢しよう | がまんしよう gamanshiyou |
| Imperative | 我慢しろ | がまんしろ gamanshiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 我慢すれば | がまんすれば gamansureba |
Kanji in 我慢
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 我慢.
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Source: JMdict entry 1196970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.