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我慢

がまん

patience, bearing with

Mnemonic

Keeping perfectly still when everything in you says do not. Gah が. Man まん: がまん.

Worth knowing

我慢する is to put up with it. Endurance rather than patience: something is wrong and you are not reacting to it.

Built from

I, self
A hand holding a halberd. The self drawn as the thing that defends itself.
slow, indulgent
忄 a heart on the left slowed right down. Patience, or conceit, depending which way it goes.

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