包ほう容よう力りょく

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Common word

Meanings

noun

tolerance; broad-mindedness; capacity to accept others

Refers to a person's ability to accept and embrace differences, weaknesses, or diverse opinions without judgment. Often used to describe a mature, generous personality.

彼かれは包ほう容よう力りょくがあって、誰だれとでも仲なか良よくなれる。
He has a broad-minded nature and can get along with anyone.
リーダーに必ひつ要ようなのは、メンバーの失しっ敗ぱいを受うけ入いれる包ほう容よう力りょくだ。
What a leader needs is the tolerance to accept members' mistakes.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は包ほう容よう力りょくがあるsomeone has a broad-minded, accepting nature
彼かの女じょは包ほう容よう力りょくがある人ひとだから、みんなが相そう談だんしやすい。
She's such an accepting, open-hearted person that everyone finds it easy to talk to her.
包ほう容よう力りょくを持もつto possess a capacity for tolerance and acceptance
リーダーには部ぶ下かの失しっ敗ぱいを許ゆるす包ほう容よう力りょくを持もつことが求もとめられる。
A leader is expected to have the capacity to forgive their subordinates' mistakes.
包ほう容よう力りょくにあふれるto be overflowing with warmth and acceptance
祖そ母ぼは包ほう容よう力りょくにあふれる人ひとで、誰だれの話はなしでもじっくり聞きいてくれた。
My grandmother was so warm and accepting that she listened carefully to anyone.
包ほう容よう力りょくを身みにつけるto develop or cultivate a capacity for acceptance
多おおくの経けい験けんを通つうじて包ほう容よう力りょくを身みにつけていった。
Through many experiences, he gradually developed a capacity for accepting others.

Kanji

包wrap, pack up, cover
容contain, form, looks
力power, strength, strong

Related words

寛かん容ようN1
寛容 is a general term for tolerance or leniency in social and moral contexts, while 包容力 specifically describes a person's warm, personal capacity to embrace others' differences.
度ど量りょう
度量 emphasizes broad-mindedness in judgment and decision-making, whereas 包容力 focuses on emotionally accepting people's flaws and differences.

Opposites

狭きょう量りょう
狭量 describes a narrow-minded, intolerant nature, the direct opposite of 包容力's generous, accepting capacity.

Don't confuse with

包ほう容よう
包容 is the verb-like noun meaning simply 'to embrace/tolerate,' while 包容力 adds 力 to mean the specific personal ability or capacity to do so.

Built from

包ほう容よう+力りょく

Etymology

Compound of 包容 (ほうよう, 'to embrace, to tolerate') and 力 (りょく, 'power, ability'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a modern Sino-Japanese formation.