Vocabulary
Form
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
verb
vi
freq #46
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)の運命(うんめい)に甘(あま)んじた。
He was reconciled to his fate.
女性(じょせい)は余(あま)りにも長い間(ながいあいだ)不公平(ふこうへい)な待遇(たいぐう)に甘(あま)んじてきた。
Women have been resigned to unjust treatment for too long.
自分(じぶん)の運命(うんめい)に甘(あま)んじるくらいなら自殺(じさつ)した方(ほう)がましだ。
I might as well kill myself as reconcile myself to my fate.
私(わたし)は今(いま)の境遇(きょうぐう)に甘(あま)んじてはいない。
I am not satisfied with my present lot.