勘かん弁べん

か

ん

べ

ん

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

Used when asking someone to overlook a mistake or offense, or to be patient with a situation. Often appears in the set phrase 勘弁してください (please forgive me / give me a break).

今こん回かいはどうか勘かん弁べんしてください。
Please forgive me this time.
彼かれ

の

無ぶ

礼れい

な

態たい

度ど

は

もう

勘かん

弁べん

でき

ない

。

I can no longer tolerate his rude attitude.

Written forms

勘かん弁べんUsage90%
Standard modern spelling.
かんべんUsage10%
勘かん辨べん
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form using 辨; not used in modern Japanese.

Kanji

勘intuition, perception, check
弁valve, petal, braid
辨discrimination, dispose of, distinguish

Similar words

許ゆるし
許し is a general noun for forgiveness or permission, while 勘弁 implies overlooking a fault or putting up with something, often used in requests for leniency.
容よう赦しゃ
容赦 also means pardon or mercy, but can be used in more formal contexts and in the phrase 容赦なく (mercilessly). 勘弁 is more common in everyday speech when asking for forgiveness.

Etymology

Compound of 勘 (intuition, consideration) and 弁 (discernment, speech). The combination came to mean considering someone's circumstances and forgiving or being patient with them.