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🌏 Region(s): Kansai (Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Osaka, Shiga, Wakayama), Shikoku (Ehime)

かまん【構ん・構まん】

kaman

Pronunciation: [kamaɴ̩]

Definition

Negative verb

  1. It doesn't matter; no big deal; it's alright; no worries; it's all good; it makes no difference; (I) don't mind

Etymology

Western Japanese negative form of the verb かまう【構う】 kamau "to mind; to care".

Notes

The form かんまん kanman also occurs. In Kansai, younger generations may prefer to use the formal variants かまへん【構へん・構まへん】 kamahen or かめへん【構へん・構めへん】 kamehen.

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Kanji構ん
構まん
Kanaかまん
Romanizationkaman
Pronunciation (IPA)[kamaɴ̩]

意味:かまわない【構わない】、きにしない【気にしない】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). かまん【構ん・構まん】 : kaman | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1110/kaman/.