度 量(どりょう)

どりょう

noun

magnanimity; tolerance; broad-mindedness

1. magnanimity; tolerance; generosity of spirit; broad-mindedness

The capacity to accept and tolerate different people, opinions, and situations without becoming narrow-minded or petty. Often used to describe a leader or person of character.

彼(かれ)は度量(どりょう)の大(おお)きい人(ひと)だ。

He is a magnanimous person.

リーダーには度量(どりょう)の広(ひろ)さが求(もと)められる。

Broad-mindedness is expected of a leader.

部下(ぶか)の失敗(しっぱい)を許(ゆる)せるだけの度量(どりょう)がなければ、人(ひと)はついてこない。

If you don't have the magnanimity to forgive your subordinates' mistakes, people won't follow you.

A literary and somewhat formal word describing the breadth of a person's character — their ability to accept others and handle situations with grace. Originally, 度量(どりょう) also meant "weights and measures" (度量衡(どりょうこう)), but in modern usage the character-related meaning dominates.

Common collocations

度量(どりょう)が大(おお)きい: magnanimous, generous-spirited
度量(どりょう)が広(ひろ)い: broad-minded
度量(どりょう)が狭(せま)い: narrow-minded, petty
度量(どりょう)のある人(ひと): a person of great tolerance

Similar words

器(うつわ)が大(おお)きい: to be a big person (figuratively) — colloquial expression for the same quality
寛容(かんよう): tolerance, leniency — focuses more on the attitude of accepting differences
心(こころ)が広(ひろ)い: open-hearted, generous — a more everyday expression for broad-mindedness

Related Words

Compare: 器(うつわ)が大(おお)きい (to be a big person)

Compare: 寛容(かんよう) (tolerance, leniency)

Compare: 心(こころ)が広(ひろ)い (open-hearted, generous)

Compare: 大度(たいど) (magnanimity)

general

Added 2026.4.2 11:52 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

21000/21413_doryou