甘んじる|あまんじるamanjiru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
    運命うんめいに甘あまんじるくらいなら自殺じさつしたほうがいい。↗
    I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
Conjugation
Dictionary form甘んじる(あまんじる)
Polite (masu)甘んじます(あまんじます)
Negative (nai)甘んじない(あまんじない)
polite (masen)甘んじません(あまんじません)
classical zu / nu甘んじず・甘んじぬ(あまんじず・あまんじぬ)
Past (ta)甘んじた(あまんじた)
polite (mashita)甘んじました(あまんじました)
Past negative (nakatta)甘んじなかった(あまんじなかった)
polite (masen deshita)甘んじませんでした(あまんじませんでした)
Te form甘んじて(あまんじて)
Potential甘んじられる(あまんじられる)
Passive甘んじられる(あまんじられる)
Causative甘んじさせる(あまんじさせる)
Causative passive甘んじさせられる(あまんじさせられる)
Conditional (ba)甘んじれば(あまんじれば)
tara甘んじたら(あまんじたら)
Volitional甘んじよう(あまんじよう)
polite (mashou)甘んじましょう(あまんじましょう)
Imperative甘んじろ(あまんじろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym受け入れるうけいれるNeutralA general word for accepting something — suggestions, criticism, a penalty — with no implication of one's attitude; 「甘んじる」 means willingly settling for a situation.
  • Antonym拒むこばむNeutralTo refuse or turn down a demand or one's fate — the direct opposite of resignedly accepting things.
  • Antonym反抗するNeutralTo defy or resist someone in power — the opposite of meekly submitting and settling for the status quo.
  • Antonym不満を唱えるNeutralTo voice one's discontent — a phrase rather than a single word, and the opposite of accepting a situation willingly.

For plain acceptance use 「受け入れる」; use 「甘んじる」 when someone willingly settles for a situation or punishment, as in 「現状に甘んじる」「批判に甘んじる」. 「拒む」, 「反抗する」 and 「不満を唱える」 all express refusing or resisting rather than accepting.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 満足まんぞくに思おもう。
  2. あるものをやむを得えないとして受け入うけいれる。
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