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Meaning of 散漫(さんまん) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

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

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散漫, さんまん used in context

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JLPT 1

cartoon, involuntarily, in spite of oneself, corrupt

On: マン

Kun: みだり.に, そぞ.ろ

14 strokes

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JLPT 3

scatter, disperse, spend, squander

On: サン

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

12 strokes

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