遠慮
えんりょ
hepburn enryo
restraint, reserve, holding back
Part of speech · noun / suru-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 遠慮しないで、たくさん食べてください。Please do not hold back; eat a lot.
- ここでの喫煙はご遠慮ください。Please refrain from smoking here.
Collocations
遠慮する遠慮なく遠慮しないでご遠慮ください遠慮がち
Mnemonic
遠慮 enryo — 遠 (far) + 慮 (to consider). Considering things far ahead and holding oneself back — restraint, reserve. In Japanese, 遠慮 means "holding back, refraining." 遠慮なく (without reserve) is used when offering something; ご遠慮ください (please refrain) is a polite prohibition — a key word of Japanese social etiquette.
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