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.
彼は度量の大きい人だ。
He is a magnanimous person.
リーダーには度量の広さが求められる。
Broad-mindedness is expected of a leader.
部下の失敗を許せるだけの度量がなければ、人はついてこない。
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 also meant "weights and measures" (度量衡), but in modern usage the character-related meaning dominates.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 度量が大きい: magnanimous, generous-spirited
- 度量が広い: broad-minded
- 度量が狭い: narrow-minded, petty
- 度量のある人: a person of great tolerance
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 器が大きい: to be a big person (figuratively) — colloquial expression for the same quality
- 寛容: tolerance, leniency — focuses more on the attitude of accepting differences
- 心が広い: open-hearted, generous — a more everyday expression for broad-mindedness