Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 勘弁(かんべん) in Japanese

勘弁
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
かんべん
Romaji
kanben
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
    Example sentence
    同じこと何回繰り返すの。屋上屋架すようなくどい説明勘弁してよ。 You're wasting your time with all this needless repetition so spare us the long-winded explanation.

Examples of 勘弁, かんべん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

11 strokes

intuition, perception

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi:

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JLPT 1

5 strokes

valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish

On'Yomi: ベン, ヘン

Kun'Yomi: わきま.える, わ.ける, はなびら, あらそ.う

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