| Word form | kanben |
| Original script | 勘弁 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Original meaning “think through”. Present meaning attested in 1771. |
| Grammatical info | do-support |
| Analyzability | analyzable compound |
| Gloss | kan-ben perceive-distinguish |
| Age | Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 927 |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 0 |