寛大

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 寛大(かんだい) describes a generous or lenient attitude toward another person's faults or shortcomings.
• Basic usage: It appears in the treatment of a new employee's mistake and in a request for leniency.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The attitude compared with 厳格
  • 厳格(げんかく) describes applying standards or rules strictly. 寛大 indicates giving the other person latitude and treating them leniently.