Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 散漫(さんまん) in Japanese

散漫
Kana Reading
さんまん
Romaji
sanman
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
    Example sentence
    寝不足だと注意が散漫になりがちです。 When you lack sleep, you are apt to be careless.

Examples of 散漫, さんまん in a sentence

Kanji in this word

漫 JLPT 1

14 strokes

cartoon, involuntarily, in spite of oneself, corrupt

On'Yomi: マン

Kun'Yomi: みだり.に, そぞ.ろ

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散 JLPT 3

12 strokes

scatter, disperse, spend, squander

On'Yomi: サン

Kun'Yomi: ち.る, ち.らす, -ち.らす, ち.らかす, ち.らかる, ばら

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