Japanese symbol for “indulgence”
耽溺
たんでき
Romaji: tandeki
indulgence (in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation
In Japanese, indulgence is 耽溺, read たんでき (tandeki).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs indulgence (in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation
Written forms: 耽溺、酖溺. Readings: たんでき.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “indulgence”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 免罪 | めんざい menzai | indulgence; remission of sin; pardon |
| 惑溺 | わくでき wakudeki | indulgence; addiction; infatuation |
| 贖宥 | しょくゆう shokuyuu | indulgence (in the Catholic Church) |
| 免罪符 | めんざいふ menzaifu | indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon |
| 贖宥状 | しょくゆうじょう shokuyuujou | indulgence (religious) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耽る | ふける fukeru | to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by |
| 耽美 | たんび tanbi | aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things |
| 耽読 | たんどく tandoku | absorption in reading |
| 耽美的 | たんびてき tanbiteki | aesthetic; esthetic |
| 耽美主義 | たんびしゅぎ tanbishugi | aestheticism |
| 溺れる | おぼれる oboreru | to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe |
| 溺愛 | できあい dekiai | infatuation; adoration; blind love |
| 溺死 | できし dekishi | death by drowning |
See also: Chinese symbol for “indulgence”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.