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緩慢

緩慢

See also: 缓慢

Chinese

 
slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
slow
trad. (緩慢)
simp. (缓慢)

Adjective

緩慢

  1. slow, tardy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
まん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

緩慢 (-na inflection, hiragana かんまん, romaji kanman)

  1. sluggish, slow, slack
    • 1926, 宮本百合子, 京都人の生活:
      都市 (とし)活動 (かつどう)緩慢 (かんまん)で、時間 (じかん)精力 (せいりょく)にゆとりがある (ゆえ)
      Toshi no katsudō ga kanman de, jikan to seiryoku ni yutori ga aru yue.
      Activity in the city is slow, so people have time and energy to spare.
  2. lax

Inflection

Noun

緩慢 (hiragana かんまん, romaji kanman)

  1. sluggishness
  2. laxness