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容赦する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	容よう赦しゃする	容よう赦しゃしない
Polite	容よう赦しゃします	容よう赦しゃしません
Past polite	容よう赦しゃしました	容よう赦しゃしませんでした
Past	容よう赦しゃした	容よう赦しゃしなかった
Te-form	容よう赦しゃして	容よう赦しゃしないで
Desire	容よう赦しゃしたい	容よう赦しゃしたくない
Potential	容よう赦しゃできる	容よう赦しゃできない
Passive	容よう赦しゃされる	容よう赦しゃされない
Causative	容よう赦しゃさせる	容よう赦しゃさせない
Causative passive	容よう赦しゃさせられる	容よう赦しゃさせられない
Volitional	容よう赦しゃしよう
Polite volitional	容よう赦しゃしましょう
Imperative	容よう赦しゃしろ	容よう赦しゃするな
Conditional	容よう赦しゃすれば	容よう赦しゃしなければ
Tara conditional	容よう赦しゃしたら	容よう赦しゃしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

forgiveness; pardon; overlooking

Used as a noun or 容赦する for forgiving, excusing, or overlooking a fault, inconvenience, or minor problem. ご容赦ください is a common polite apology formula meaning 'please excuse ...'.

多た少しょうの遅おくれはご容よう赦しゃください。
Please excuse any slight delay.
今こん回かいだけは容よう赦しゃしてください。
Please forgive me just this once.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

leniency; mercy; going easy on someone

Often appears in negative or adverbial forms such as 容赦がない, 容赦しない, and 容赦なく, meaning that someone shows no mercy or does not go easy.

彼かれは相あい手てが新しん人じんでも容よう赦しゃしない。
He does not go easy on opponents even if they are newcomers.
容よう赦しゃなく厳きびしい質しつ問もんが飛とんできた。
Harsh questions came at me without mercy.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を容よう赦しゃするto forgive or overlook something
彼かれの失しつ礼れいな態たい度どを容よう赦しゃした。
I overlooked his rude behavior.
〈事こと〉をご容よう赦しゃくださいplease excuse (a fault or inconvenience)
ご不ふ便べんをおかけしますが、ご容よう赦しゃください。
Please excuse the inconvenience caused.
〈相あい手て〉に容よう赦しゃしないto show no mercy to someone
彼かれは相あい手てに容よう赦しゃしない厳きびしいコーチだ。
He is a strict coach who shows no mercy to his players.
〈事こと〉に容よう赦しゃがないto be merciless or uncompromising about something
彼かれの批ひ評ひょうには容よう赦しゃがない。
His criticism is merciless.

Kanji

容contain, form, looks
赦pardon, forgiveness

Related words

許ゆるすN3sense 1
許す is a common everyday verb for forgiving or permitting, while 容赦 is more formal and noun-based, often used for excusing faults or minor troubles.
勘かん弁べんN1sense 1
勘弁 is casual, often used in pleading phrases like 勘弁して (give me a break), whereas 容赦 sounds more formal or serious.
手て加か減げんN1sense 2
手加減 means adjusting one's force or effort to go easy on someone physically or competitively, while 容赦 focuses on mercy or forgiveness in a broader sense.
許ゆるし
容赦 usually appears in set phrases like 容赦なく (without mercy), whereas 許し is the more general word for pardon or permission.
あしからずN1
容赦 is a noun meaning leniency or forgiveness often used in requests like ご容赦ください, while 悪しからず is a fixed adverbial phrase asking the listener not to take offense.

Don't confuse with

容よう認にん sense 1
容認 shares the kanji 容 and means to approve or tolerate something as acceptable, whereas 容赦 means to forgive or overlook a fault or show mercy.
容よう赦しゃなく
容赦 is the noun meaning 'mercy' or 'pardon', while 容赦なく is its adverbial form meaning 'without mercy'.

Word family

容よう赦しゃなく
mercilessly; relentlessly; without mercy
情なさけ容よう赦しゃ
mercy; pity; leniency

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written 容赦. The spelling is conventionally associated with 容, suggesting acceptance or allowance, and 赦, meaning pardon or forgiveness; this is a component explanation rather than a detailed historical derivation.