寛容(かんよう)

かんよう
noun / na-adjective
tolerance, generosity
1. tolerance, broad-mindedness, generosity
The quality of being open-minded and accepting of differences, mistakes, or opposing views without being judgmental.
寛容(かんよう)な態度(たいど)で接(せっ)する。
To treat someone with a tolerant attitude.
異(こと)なる文化(ぶんか)に対(たい)して寛容(かんよう)であるべきだ。
We should be tolerant of different cultures.
社会(しゃかい)の寛容(かんよう)さが失(うしな)われつつあると感(かん)じることがある。
I sometimes feel that society's tolerance is being lost.

WORD FORMATION:
寛(かん) (broad, lenient) + 容(よう) (accept, contain) = broad acceptance.

GRAMMAR:
As a na-adjective: 寛容(かんよう)な人(ひと) (a tolerant person), 寛容(かんよう)な社会(しゃかい) (a tolerant society). As a noun: 寛容(かんよう)さ (tolerance, with the さ suffix).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 寛容(かんよう)な心(こころ): a tolerant heart/mind
  • 寛容(かんよう)な態度(たいど): a tolerant attitude
  • 寛容(かんよう)さを持(も)つ: to have tolerance
  • 〜に対(たい)して寛容(かんよう): tolerant toward ~

CONTRAST:
寛大(かんだい) (generous, magnanimous) is close in meaning but emphasizes generosity in judgment or punishment, while 寛容(かんよう) emphasizes accepting differences and being open-minded.

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