閑散

See also: 闲散

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 閒散 (“free and leisurely; at leisure; idle; unused”).
(This term is a variant form of 閒散).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
さん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃sã̠ɴ]

Adjective

(かん)(さん) • (kansan-na (adnominal (かん)(さん) (kansan na), adverbial (かん)(さん) (kansan ni))
(かん)(さん) • (kansan-tari (adnominal (かん)(さん)とした (kansan to shita) or (かん)(さん)たる (kansan taru), adverbial (かん)(さん) (kansan to) or (かん)(さん)として (kansan to shite))

  1. empty, deserted
  2. free, not busy, slack

Inflection

Noun

(かん)(さん) • (kansan

  1. state of being slack, dull, empty, or quiet, e.g. of business or markets (not active or busy)
    • 2025 February 14, 黒岩信忠, quotee, “第217回国会 衆議院 予算委員会 第10号 令和7年2月14日 [217th Diet, House of Representatives, Budget Committee, No. 10, February 14, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 16 August 2025:
      これから大学の女子会とか卒業旅行の若いお客様が、閑散期にもかかわらずたくさん来てくれるようになりました。
      Kore kara daigaku no joshikai to ka sotsugyō ryokō no wakai o-kyaku-sama ga, kansan-ki ni mo kakawarazu takusan kite kureru yō ni nari mashita.
      Now, we are seeing many young visitors coming for university girls' reunions, graduation trips, and so on, even during the off-season.
  2. leisure

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