遠えん慮りょ

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遠慮する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	遠えん慮りょする	遠えん慮りょしない
Polite	遠えん慮りょします	遠えん慮りょしません
Past polite	遠えん慮りょしました	遠えん慮りょしませんでした
Past	遠えん慮りょした	遠えん慮りょしなかった
Te-form	遠えん慮りょして	遠えん慮りょしないで
Desire	遠えん慮りょしたい	遠えん慮りょしたくない
Potential	遠えん慮りょできる	遠えん慮りょできない
Passive	遠えん慮りょされる	遠えん慮りょされない
Causative	遠えん慮りょさせる	遠えん慮りょさせない
Causative passive	遠えん慮りょさせられる	遠えん慮りょさせられない
Volitional	遠えん慮りょしよう
Polite volitional	遠えん慮りょしましょう
Imperative	遠えん慮りょしろ	遠えん慮りょするな
Conditional	遠えん慮りょすれば	遠えん慮りょしなければ
Tara conditional	遠えん慮りょしたら	遠えん慮りょしなかったら

Meanings

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

reserve; restraint; holding back

Refraining from saying or doing something out of consideration for others, social harmony, or modesty. Often used in the phrase 遠慮なく (without reserve).

初はじめての会かい議ぎでは、つい遠えん慮りょしてしまった。
At my first meeting, I ended up holding back without meaning to.
遠えん慮りょなく意い見けんを言いってください。
Please feel free to speak your mind.

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

declining; refraining

Politely refusing an offer or invitation, or choosing not to do something, often with する. Common in set phrases like ご遠慮ください (please refrain).

お酒さけは遠えん慮りょしておきます。
I'll pass on the alcohol, thank you.
館かん内ないでの写しゃ真しん撮さつ影えいはご遠えん慮りょください。
Please refrain from taking photos inside the building.

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

forethought; foresight

Original, now largely literary meaning: thinking ahead, prudence. Rare in modern conversation; usually encountered in older texts or formal writing.

遠えん慮りょを欠かいた行こう動どうは後こう悔かいを招まねく。
Actions lacking forethought invite regret.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を遠えん慮りょするto refrain from doing something out of consideration
会かい議ぎ中ちゅうは私し語ごを遠えん慮りょしてください。
Please refrain from talking during the meeting.
遠えん慮りょなく〈動どう詞し〉to do something freely, without hesitation
遠えん慮りょなく質しつ問もんしてください。
Please feel free to ask questions.
〈人ひと〉に遠えん慮りょするto hold back out of consideration for someone
先せん輩ぱいに遠えん慮りょして意い見けんを言いえなかった。
I held back and couldn't voice my opinion out of deference to my senior.
遠えん慮りょなく〈物もの〉をいただくto accept something offered without hesitating
それでは遠えん慮りょなくいただきます。
Well then, I'll gladly accept without hesitation.

Expressions

遠えん慮りょの塊かたまりthe last piece left on a shared plate (out of politeness)
遠えん慮りょのないunreserved; without restraint; frank
ご遠えん慮りょくださいplease refrain from
遠えん慮りょ会え釈しゃくもないinconsiderate; ruthless; merciless; without compunction
遠えん慮りょなければ近きん憂ゆうありif you don't plan ahead, you'll soon have worries

Kanji

遠distant, far
慮prudence, thought, concern

Related words· 10

気き兼がねN1sense 1
気兼ね describes the uneasy feeling of worrying about how others will react, while 遠慮 is the deliberate act of holding back or declining out of politeness.
控ひかえるN2sense 1
控える is a verb for concretely holding back an action (e.g. 外出を控える), whereas 遠慮 is the more abstract noun for social restraint or a polite decline.
辞じ退たいN2sense 2
辞退 specifically means to formally decline an offer, position, or invitation, while 遠慮 covers both general reserve and softer, more casual refusals.
自じ粛しゅく sense 1
自粛 means voluntarily restraining one's own behavior for the sake of public or social propriety, while 遠慮 is broader and often directed at being considerate toward a specific person.

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気きが引ひけるN1
遠慮する is a conscious act of holding back out of politeness, while 気が引ける describes an involuntary feeling of awkwardness that makes one hesitate.
ご遠えん慮りょください
遠慮する is the plain verb meaning 'to refrain/hold back', while ご遠慮ください is the polite imperative form used in signs and announcements asking others to refrain.
慎つつしむN1
遠慮する means to refrain out of consideration for others' feelings, whereas 慎む is about personal discipline or caution regardless of others.
控ひかえめ
遠慮 is holding back out of consideration for others in a specific situation (e.g. declining an offer), while 控えめ describes a general moderate, low-key quality.
敬けい遠えんN1
遠慮 usually means holding back out of politeness or consideration for others, whereas 敬遠 means actively avoiding someone or something, not necessarily out of courtesy.
差さし控ひかえる
遠慮する suggests hesitating out of politeness or consideration for others, whereas 差し控える is a more deliberate, often formal decision to abstain.

Opposites

無ぶ遠えん慮りょN1sense 1
無遠慮 describes speaking or acting without any restraint or consideration for others, the direct opposite of showing 遠慮.

Don't confuse with

我が慢まんN3
遠慮 means holding back out of consideration for others (e.g. declining politely), while 我慢 means enduring or suppressing something for oneself.
遠えん慮りょなく
遠慮 is the plain noun/suru-verb meaning 'reserve, restraint,' while 遠慮なく is its adverbial form meaning 'without reserve' and cannot itself take する.
謙けん遜そんN2
謙遜 is about speaking modestly of one's own abilities or achievements, while 遠慮 is about holding back from an action or request out of consideration for others.

Word family· 9

遠えん慮りょなく
without reservation; freely; frankly
無ぶ遠えん慮りょN1
rude; presumptuous; cheeky; outspoken
悪わる遠えん慮りょ
excessive reserve; overly hesitant
深しん謀ぼう遠えん慮りょ
far sight and deep design; foresight and careful planning
遠えん慮りょがち
shy; diffident; reserved; hesitant

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遠えん慮りょ会え釈しゃく
reserve and consideration
遠えん慮りょ気ぎ味み
somewhat reserved; a bit shy; tending to hold back
遠えん慮りょ深ぶかい
reserved; shy; timid
遠えん慮りょ近きん憂ゆう
failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term

Written forms

遠えん慮りょUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
えんりょUsage1%

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 遠慮 (distant + consider). The original meaning 'forethought' shifted in Japanese to the modern sense of holding back out of consideration for others.