EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

    see 甘えるsee あまえる・2

    甘えは禁物だよ。
    You shouldn't expect things to be easy.
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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary

Kun
あま.い、あま.える、あま.やかす、うま.い
On
カン
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1248 of 2500
Radical
sweet
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Used in names as

かも

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
4-5-2, 4-4-2SKIP code
0a5.32The Kanji Dictionary
4477.0Four corner code
1978deroo
7518Unicode hex code
1-20-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2988Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3710New Nelson (John Haig)
3494New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4306Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2176Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2930Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1757Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1894Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1212A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
207Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1333Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21643Morohashi
1093A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1492Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1591Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
738Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1052Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
345Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1325Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1773Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan1Pinyin reading
gamKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani level