Word Meaning 閑散

かんさん kansan

閑散 is read as かんさん (kansan) and means idle.

Meaning

English

  1. idle
  2. free
  3. unoccupied
  4. deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets)
  5. quiet
  6. still
  7. hushed
  8. empty

Reading

Kana

かんさん

Romaji

kansan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 多忙,繁忙・煩忙 Rank 17426 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

閑散期

かんさんき

off period

閑静

かんせい

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood)

閑古鳥

かんこどり

cuckoo

拡散

かくさん

diffusion (of light, gas)

離散

りさん

discrete

衆議院解散

しゅうぎいんかいさん

dissolution of the lower house of parliament

標本分散

ひょうほんぶんさん

sample variance

衆院解散

しゅういんかいさん

dissolution of the lower house of parliament

一家離散

いっかりさん

the breakup (dispersal) of a family

適応放散

てきおうほうさん

adaptive radiation

離合集散

りごうしゅうさん

meeting and parting

数値拡散

すうちかくさん

false diffusion

Example Sentences

3

あめのせいでえきまえはかんさんとしていた。

Because of the rain, the area in front of the station was deserted.

Shops are quiet on weekdays.

It is quiet here at night.