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自粛 (jishuku) Japanese meaning: self-restraint | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 自粛する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 自じ 粛しゅく する 自じ 粛しゅく しない Polite 自じ 粛しゅく します 自じ 粛しゅく しません Past polite 自じ 粛しゅく しました 自じ 粛しゅく しませんでした Past 自じ 粛しゅく した 自じ 粛しゅく しなかった Te-form 自じ 粛しゅく して 自じ 粛しゅく しないで Desire 自じ 粛しゅく したい 自じ 粛しゅく したくない Potential 自じ 粛しゅく できる 自じ 粛しゅく できない Passive 自じ 粛しゅく される 自じ 粛しゅく されない Causative 自じ 粛しゅく させる 自じ 粛しゅく させない Causative passive 自じ 粛しゅく させられる 自じ 粛しゅく させられない Volitional 自じ 粛しゅく しよう Polite volitional 自じ 粛しゅく しましょう Imperative 自じ 粛しゅく しろ 自じ 粛しゅく するな Conditional 自じ 粛しゅく すれば 自じ 粛しゅく しなければ Tara conditional 自じ 粛しゅく したら 自じ 粛しゅく しなかったら
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こく
民みん
に
不ふ
要よう
不ふ
急きゅう
の
外がい
出しゅつ
の
自じ
粛しゅく
を
求もと
め
た
。
The government asked the public to voluntarily refrain from non-essential outings.
The company voluntarily suspended advertising following the scandal.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 自じ 粛しゅく する to voluntarily refrain from (an activity)
As infections spread, more people started refraining from going out.
〈 事こと 〉 を 自じ 粛しゅく するよう 要よう 請せい する to request that someone refrain from (an activity)
自じ 粛しゅく 期き 間かん period of self-restraint
During the period of self-restraint, many shops were closed.
Related words· 6 遠慮 is holding back out of politeness or consideration in personal interactions, while 自粛 is voluntary restraint applied more broadly in social or institutional contexts.
我慢 means personally enduring discomfort or desire, whereas 自粛 refers to voluntarily refraining from an action due to social pressure or norms.
自制 emphasizes controlling one's own impulses or emotions from within, while 自粛 focuses on restraining specific behaviors in response to external social expectations.
自粛 is voluntary self-restraint often adopted in response to social pressure or a crisis, while 謹慎 is restraint or confinement taken specifically as penance for a wrongdoing, whether self-imposed or ordered by others.
Show 2 more 自粛 means voluntarily restraining oneself for social or moral reasons, while 手控え is used more for practical or economic restraint, such as holding off on buying.
自粛する means to voluntarily restrain oneself, often in a public or official context, closely matching the formal withholding sense of 差し控える.
Etymology Compound of 自 (self) and 粛 (solemn, restrained). The kanji 粛 originally relates to solemnity and strictness, giving the word a formal, serious tone.
The government requested that people refrain from large gatherings.
