勘弁

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勘 弁
かん
Grade: S 		べん
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
勘辨 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

勘(かん)弁(べん) • (kanben) 

  1. pardon
  2. forbearance

Verb

勘(かん)弁(べん)する • (kanben suru) transitive suru (stem 勘(かん)弁(べん)し (kanben shi), past 勘(かん)弁(べん)した (kanben shita))

  1. forgive
  2. forbear
    もう勘弁(かんべん)してくれよぉ～！！
    Mō kanben shite kure yō~!!
    For Christ's sake, give me a break already!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "勘弁する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 勘弁し かんべんし kanben shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 勘弁し かんべんし kanben shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 勘弁する かんべんする kanben suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 勘弁する かんべんする kanben suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 勘弁すれ かんべんすれ kanben sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 勘弁せよ¹
勘弁しろ² 		かんべんせよ¹
かんべんしろ² 		kanben seyo¹
kanben shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 勘弁される かんべんされる kanben sareru
Causative 勘弁させる
勘弁さす 		かんべんさせる
かんべんさす 		kanben saseru
kanben sasu
Potential 勘弁できる かんべんできる kanben dekiru
Volitional 勘弁しよう かんべんしよう kanben shiyō
Negative 勘弁しない かんべんしない kanben shinai
Negative continuative 勘弁せず かんべんせず kanben sezu
Formal 勘弁します かんべんします kanben shimasu
Perfective 勘弁した かんべんした kanben shita
Conjunctive 勘弁して かんべんして kanben shite
Hypothetical conditional 勘弁すれば かんべんすれば kanben sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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