Gaman (term)
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This article is about the term. For the film, see Gaman. For the Japanese television show, see Za Gaman.
Gaman (我慢) is a Japanese term of Zen Buddhist origin which means "enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity".[1][2] The term is generally translated as "perseverance", "patience", or "tolerance".[3] A related term, gamanzuyoi (我慢強い, gaman-tsuyoi), a compound with tsuyoi (strong), means "suffering the unbearable" or having a high capacity for a kind of stoic endurance.[4]
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Gaman is variously described as a "virtue",[5] an "ethos",[6] a "trait",[7] etc. It means to do one's best in distressed times and to maintain self-control and discipline.[8][9][7][10]
Gaman is a teaching of Zen Buddhism.[11]