adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. vague, desultory, distracted, loose, half-hearted, diffuse, scattered.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
散漫 さんまん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

scatter, disperse, spend
サン ち.る ばら (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained
マン みだり.に そぞ.ろ (7th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
wide, beautiful
マン バン なが.い (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)