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excuse

Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingメン

Kun readingまぬか.れる、まぬが.れる

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 8

Meanings

excuseRtK
dismissal

to escape (disaster, death, etc.)
to be saved from
to be rescued from
to avoid (e.g. punishment)
to evade (e.g. responsibility)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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village stocks · rabbit · bound up (乙) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2126

Compound words

御免ごめん

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me; may I come in?

免状めんじょう

licence; license; certificate; permit; diploma

減免げんめん

reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

赦免しゃめん

pardon; remission; amnesty

罷免ひめん

dismissal (from a position); discharge

免疫めんえき

immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by)

免許めんきょ

license; licence; permission; permit; certificate

免除めんじょ

exemption; exoneration; discharge

免職めんしょく

dismissal; sacking; discharge

免税めんぜい

tax exemption; duty exemption

免責めんせき

exemption from responsibility

免許証めんきょしょう

licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)

免れるまぬがれる

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility)

無免許むめんきょ

unlicensed; without a license (licence)

運転免許うんてんめんきょ

driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence

temporary certificate

免租地めんそち

tax-exempt land

ご免蒙るごめんこうむる

to receive permission

依願免官いがんめんかん

retirement at one's own request

Additional Examples

彼は兵役を免除されている。

He is exempt from the military service.tatoeba

彼は飛行機の墜落では死を免れたが、結局砂漠で死んだ。

He survived the crash, only to die in the desert.tatoeba

彼は税金を免除されている。

He is immune from taxes.tatoeba

彼は辛うじて死を免れた。

He barely escaped death.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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