免

Meaning

免 centers on being released from something burdensome: excusing someone from a duty or dismissing them from a role. The idea is removal of an obligation or consequence.

• 御免ごめん
  N2

  I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

• 御免なさいごめんなさい
  N3

  I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

• 免許めんきょ
  N3

  license; licence; permission; permit; certificate

• 免疫めんえき

  immunity; immunization; immunisation

• 免れるまぬがれる
  N1

  to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from

• 免除めんじょ
  N1

  exemption; exoneration; discharge

• 免めん

  dismissal; discharge

• 免責めんせき

  exemption from responsibility

• 免税めんぜい
  N2

  tax exemption; duty exemption

• 罷免ひめん

  dismissal (from a position); discharge

• 免職めんしょく

  dismissal; sacking; discharge

• 放免ほうめん

  release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off; acquittal

• 免罪めんざい

  acquittal

• 減免げんめん

  reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

• 免ずるめんずる

  to dismiss (from a position)

• 赦免しゃめん

  pardon; remission; amnesty

• 免状めんじょう

  licence; license; certificate; permit

• 仮免許かりめんきょ

  temporary license; temporary licence; provisional license; provisional licence

• 免許皆伝めんきょかいでん

  possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

• 無免許むめんきょ
  N3

  unlicensed; without a license (licence)

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