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我慢する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	我が慢まんする	我が慢まんしない
Polite	我が慢まんします	我が慢まんしません
Past polite	我が慢まんしました	我が慢まんしませんでした
Past	我が慢まんした	我が慢まんしなかった
Te-form	我が慢まんして	我が慢まんしないで
Desire	我が慢まんしたい	我が慢まんしたくない
Potential	我が慢まんできる	我が慢まんできない
Passive	我が慢まんされる	我が慢まんされない
Causative	我が慢まんさせる	我が慢まんさせない
Causative passive	我が慢まんさせられる	我が慢まんさせられない
Volitional	我が慢まんしよう
Polite volitional	我が慢まんしましょう
Imperative	我が慢まんしろ	我が慢まんするな
Conditional	我が慢まんすれば	我が慢まんしなければ
Tara conditional	我が慢まんしたら	我が慢まんしなかったら

Meanings

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

endurance; patience; perseverance

Bearing hardship, pain, or annoyance without complaint; often implies a conscious effort to tolerate something unpleasant.

痛いたみを我が慢まんして最さい後ごまで走はしった。
I endured the pain and ran to the end.
彼かれは文もん句くを言いわずに我が慢まんしている。
He is putting up with it without complaining.

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

self-control; self-restraint

Suppressing one's desires, emotions, or impulses; often used in contexts of holding back from doing something one wants to do.

甘あまいものを食たべたいけど、ダイエット中ちゅうだから我が慢まんする。
I want to eat sweets, but I'm on a diet so I'll exercise self-restraint.
怒いかりを我が慢まんして冷れい静せいに話はなした。
I controlled my anger and spoke calmly.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を我が慢まんするto endure/put up with something
歯はの痛いたみを我が慢まんする。
I'm putting up with a toothache.
〈物もの〉を我が慢まんするto hold back one's desire for something
ダイエット中ちゅうなのでお菓か子しを我が慢まんする。
I'm holding off on sweets because I'm dieting.
〈事こと〉が我が慢まんできないto be unable to stand/tolerate something
彼かれの態たい度どが我が慢まんできない。
I can't stand his attitude.
〈人ひと〉に我が慢まんさせるto make someone endure/put up with something
子こ供どもに長ながい時じ間かん我が慢まんさせるのはよくない。
It's not good to make a child endure something for a long time.

Expressions

我が慢まんの限げん界かいthe limit of one's patience; the last straw
我が慢まんしないでwithout holding back; without restraint; don't hold back

Kanji

我ego, I, selfish
慢ridicule, laziness

Related words· 12

辛しん抱ぼうN2sense 1
辛抱 stresses long-term perseverance through hardship with a positive attitude, while 我慢 more often means simply tolerating an immediate discomfort or urge.
忍にん耐たいN1sense 1
忍耐 is a formal, somewhat literary word for patience and endurance, whereas 我慢 is the everyday, action-oriented term.
自じ制せい sense 2
自制 focuses narrowly on controlling one's own impulses or emotions, while 我慢 covers both that and enduring outside discomfort.
耐たえるN2
我慢する is a common transitive verb for enduring or putting up with something, often with a nuance of patience or self-restraint, while 耐える is more about withstanding a hardship and can be used intransitively.

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こらえるN2
我慢する is the everyday word for patiently putting up with a situation, while 堪える often implies a more physical or emotional act of suppression, like holding back tears or laughter.
控ひかえるN2
我慢する implies enduring or putting up with something unpleasant, whereas 控える is about voluntarily holding back or reducing an action.
たまる
我慢する describes a deliberate, patient act of putting up with something, whereas 堪る (usually as たまらない) describes an involuntary feeling that something has become unbearable.
忍にん
我慢 is the common, casual word for putting up with something, whereas 忍 is a formal, archaic term for the same idea of patience.
自じ粛しゅく
我慢 means personally enduring discomfort or desire, whereas 自粛 refers to voluntarily refraining from an action due to social pressure or norms.
根こん気きN2
我慢 means tolerating an unpleasant situation or suppressing one's desires, whereas 根気 is about persistent effort directed toward completing a goal.
凌しのぐN1
我慢する is used for enduring pain or discomfort passively, while 凌ぐ suggests actively holding an unpleasant condition at bay.
忍しのぶN1
我慢する is the plain, everyday word for putting up with something, while 忍ぶ carries a more literary, resigned tone of quiet suffering.

Don't confuse with

遠えん慮りょN4sense 2
遠慮 means holding back out of consideration for others (e.g. declining politely), while 我慢 means enduring or suppressing something for oneself.

Word family

我が慢まん強づよい
patient; persevering; long-suffering
やせ我が慢まん
stubborn endurance out of pride; putting up with something to save face
強ごう情じょう我が慢まん
obstinate and self-assertive; stubbornly insisting on one's own way
我が慢まん比くらべ
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
我が慢まんならない
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

Written forms

我が慢まんUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and everyday use.
がまんUsage12%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji are not needed.
ガマンUsage6%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used for emphasis or in informal contexts.

Etymology

From Buddhist terminology, originally meaning 'self-arrogance' or 'ego-attachment', but in modern Japanese it has shifted to mean 'endurance' or 'self-restraint'.