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甘受 (かんじゅ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
accept reluctantly ; submit to ; resign oneself to
Used when someone accepts an undesirable situation, demand, or fate without active resistance, often with a nuance of quiet endurance. Common in formal or written contexts.
きゅう
を
甘かん
受じゅ
せ
ざる
を
得え
なかっ
た
。
The company had no choice but to submit to the demands.
Kanji 受 accept, undergo, answer (phone) Similar words 受う け 入い れる 受け入れる is a general term for accepting something, often with a neutral or positive nuance. 甘受 implies reluctant acceptance of something undesirable.
諦あきら める 諦める means to give up or abandon hope. 甘受 focuses on enduring and accepting the situation rather than giving up on it.
Etymology Compound of 甘 (sweet, here with a nuance of 'willingly' or 'without resistance') and 受 (receive). The combination suggests receiving something as if it were sweet, i.e., accepting it without complaint.
