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包容力 (houyouryoku) Japanese meaning: tolerance | Kotomora
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He has a broad-minded nature and can get along with anyone.
What a leader needs is the tolerance to accept members' mistakes.
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
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
包ほう 容よう 力りょく にあふれる to be overflowing with warmth and acceptance
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
Through many experiences, he gradually developed a capacity for accepting others.
Related words 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.
度量 emphasizes broad-mindedness in judgment and decision-making, whereas 包容力 focuses on emotionally accepting people's flaws and differences.
Opposites 狭量 describes a narrow-minded, intolerant nature, the direct opposite of 包容力's generous, accepting capacity.
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.
A leader is expected to have the capacity to forgive their subordinates' mistakes.
My grandmother was so warm and accepting that she listened carefully to anyone.
