Word Meaning 散漫

さんまん samman

散漫 is read as さんまん (samman) and means vague.

Meaning

English

  1. vague
  2. desultory
  3. distracted
  4. loose
  5. half-hearted
  6. diffuse
  7. scattered

Reading

Kana

さんまん

Romaji

samman

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 緻密,集中 Rank 12900 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

注意力散漫

ちゅういりょくさんまん

inattention

注意散漫

ちゅういさんまん

inattention

散策

さんさく

walking

散弾

さんだん

shot

散文詩

さんぶんし

prose poem

散逸

さんいつ

being scattered and ultimately lost

散水養生

さんすいようじょう

spray curing

散票

さんぴょう

scattered votes

散乱日射量

さんらんにっしゃりょう

diffuse solar radiation

散在神経系

さんざいしんけいけい

diffuse nervous system

散乱反射

さんらんはんしゃ

scatter reflections

散らし模様

ちらしもよう

scattered pattern

Example Sentences

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When you lack sleep, you are apt to be careless.

Most car accidents occur due to the inattention of the driver.

This statement-of-purpose essay has no consistency in how the points are laid out and gives a distracted impression.

This year's freshly inducted employees are, to a man, lacking in concentration, and their sloppy work leaves me speechless.

In the English world of the 19th century, it was often said that masturbation would lead to a loss of memory and attention.