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散漫 (さんまん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

散さん漫まん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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na-adjective, noun

vague; scattered; unfocused

Describes thoughts, attention, or content that lacks focus or coherence; often used for distracted minds or diffuse writing.

彼かれの説せつ明めいは散さん漫まんで、何なにが言いいたいのかわからなかった。
His explanation was vague and I couldn't understand what he wanted to say.

注ちゅう意い力りょくが散さん漫まんになっていると、ミスが増ふえる。

When your attention is scattered, mistakes increase.

Written forms

散さん漫まんUsage97%
Standard kanji form; commonly used in news and formal writing.
さんまんUsage3%

Kanji

散scatter, disperse, spend
漫cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained

Similar words

曖あい昧まい
曖昧 means ambiguous or unclear in meaning, while 散漫 emphasizes lack of focus or scatteredness.
集しゅう中ちゅう
集中 means concentration; 散漫 is often used as its opposite, describing a state of being unfocused.

Etymology

From the kanji 散 (scatter) and 漫 (aimless, unrestrained), combining to mean 'scattered and unfocused'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in Japanese since at least the early modern period.