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緩慢 (かんまん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

緩かん慢まん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

slow; sluggish; inactive

Describes movement, progress, activity, or change that is slow, dull, or lacking energy. More formal and written-sounding than 遅い or のろい.

病びょう状じょうの進しん行こうは緩かん慢まんだった。
The progression of the illness was slow.
景けい気きの

回かい

復ふく

は

まだ

緩かん

慢まん

だ

。

The economic recovery is still sluggish.

2

na-adjective, noun

lax; slack; sloppy

Used for regulation, management, supervision, handling, or enforcement that is not strict or careful enough.

安あん全ぜん管かん理りが緩かん慢まんで、事じ故こを防ふせげなかった。
Safety management was lax, and the accident could not be prevented.
規き制せいの運うん用ようが緩かん慢まんだと批ひ判はんされた。
The administration of the regulations was criticized as lax.

Written forms

緩かん慢まんUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling; used as a na-adjective and noun, often in written or somewhat formal contexts.
緩かん漫まんUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only kanji form; use 緩慢 in normal writing.
かんまんUsage2%

Kanji

緩slacken, loosen, relax
慢ridicule, laziness
漫cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained

Similar words

遅おそい
A basic everyday word for 'slow' or 'late'; 緩慢 is more formal and often suggests sluggishness or lack of activity.
のろい
Casual word for slow movement or action, often with irritation; 緩慢 is more objective and written-sounding.
ずさん
Means careless, sloppy, or poorly managed; overlaps with the lax-handling sense of 緩慢 but more directly emphasizes carelessness.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound read かんまん. 緩 is associated with looseness or slowness, and 慢 with slowness, negligence, or slackness; together they express slow, sluggish, or lax qualities.