緩かん慢まん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Describes movement, progress, activity, or change that is slow, dull, or lacking energy. More formal and written-sounding than 遅い or のろい.

病びょう状じょうの進しん行こうは緩かん慢まんだった。
The progression of the illness was slow.
景けい気きの回かい復ふくはまだ緩かん慢まんだ。
The economic recovery is still sluggish.

na-adjective, noun

lax; slack; sloppy

Used for regulation, management, supervision, handling, or enforcement that is not strict or careful enough.

安あん全ぜん管かん理りが緩かん慢まんで、事じ故こを防ふせげなかった。
Safety management was lax, and the accident could not be prevented.
規き制せいの運うん用ようが緩かん慢まんだと批ひ判はんされた。
The administration of the regulations was criticized as lax.

Usage patterns

緩かん慢まんな動うごきslow, sluggish movement
その動どう物ぶつは緩かん慢まんな動うごきで餌えさに近ちかづいた。
The animal approached the food with slow, sluggish movements.
〈事こと〉の取とり締しまりが緩かん慢まんになるenforcement of something becomes lax
最さい近きん、違い法ほう駐ちゅう車しゃの取とり締しまりが緩かん慢まんになっている。
Lately, enforcement against illegal parking has become lax.
〈事こと〉の進しん行こうが緩かん慢まんだthe progress of something is slow
工こう事じの進しん行こうが緩かん慢まんで、完かん成せいが遅おくれている。
The construction is progressing slowly, delaying its completion.
緩かん慢まんな対たい応おうsluggish, half-hearted handling (of a matter)
会かい社しゃの緩かん慢まんな対たい応おうが問もん題だいを大おおきくした。
The company's sluggish response made the problem worse.

Kanji

緩slacken, loosen, relax
慢ridicule, laziness
漫cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained

Related words

遅おそいN5sense 1
遅い is the plain, everyday word for 'slow', while 緩慢 is a more formal, written term for sluggish movement or progress.
ずさんN1sense 2
ずさん stresses carelessness or sloppiness in how something is done, while 緩慢 in this sense focuses on regulation or handling being too lax.
呪のろいN1sense 1
のろい is a casual, often irritated way to call something slow, whereas 緩慢 is a neutral, objective, written-style term.
遅ち々ち
緩慢 is a formal word describing a sluggish pace or response in general, while 遅々 is specifically paired with として/たる to describe progress that fails to advance.
緩ゆるやかN1
緩慢 means 'sluggish' and often carries a negative, formal tone, while 緩やか can describe a gradual change neutrally or even positively.

Opposites

迅じん速そくN1sense 1
迅速 means quick and prompt, the direct opposite of 緩慢's sense of slow, sluggish movement.
厳げん格かくN1sense 2
厳格 describes strict, rigorous enforcement or discipline, the opposite of the lax, sloppy handling described by 緩慢.
敏びん速そく
緩慢 describes slow, sluggish action, the opposite of the brisk quickness of 敏速.

Don't confuse with

緩かん和わN1
緩和 means to ease or relax (e.g. a rule or pain), while 緩慢 describes something being slow or lax; they share the kanji 緩 but differ in meaning.
慢まん心しん
慢心 means complacency or overconfidence, while 緩慢 means slow or lax; they share the kanji 慢 but describe different things.

Written forms

緩かん慢まんUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling; used as a na-adjective and noun, often in written or somewhat formal contexts.
緩かん漫まんUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only kanji form; use 緩慢 in normal writing.
かんまんUsage2%

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound read かんまん. 緩 is associated with looseness or slowness, and 慢 with slowness, negligence, or slackness; together they express slow, sluggish, or lax qualities.