控

Meaning

控 centers on pulling back or restraining: withdrawing, holding back, refraining, or being moderate. The idea is to keep something in check rather than letting it go freely.

• 控えるひかえる
  N2

  to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...

• 控えめひかえめ

  moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key; conservative (estimate); self-effacing; unassuming

• 控除こうじょ
  N1

  subtraction; deduction (e.g. of tax)

• 控訴こうそ
  N1

  appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal

• 控えひかえ

  reserve; spare; backup

• 控え室ひかえしつ
  N1

  waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

• 差し控えるさしひかえる

  to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to not do too much of

• 買い控えかいびかえ

  restrained buying

• 手控えてびかえ

  note; memorandum

• 基礎控除きそこうじょ

  basic or standard deduction

• 手控えるてびかえる

  to hang (hold) back; to hold off; to refrain; to reduce or cut back on

• お客様控えおきゃくさまひかえ

  customer copy (of a receipt, etc.)

• お控えなすっておひかえなすって

  please allow me to introduce myself

• コメントを控えるコメントをひかえる

  to refrain from commenting; to not comment

• 主控えしゅびかえ

  mainstay

• 売り控えうりびかえ

  holding back (from selling); standing out

• 外国税額控除がいこくぜいがくこうじょ

  foreign tax amount reduction

• 寄付金控除きふきんこうじょ

  tax deduction for a donation to charity

• 年少扶養控除ねんしょうふようこうじょ

  tax exemption for a child under the age of 16

• 所得控除しょとくこうじょ

  tax deduction; deduction from taxable income; income exemptions and deductions

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