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JLPT N4
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遠慮

JLPT N4Vocabulary

遠慮(えんりょ)

えんりょ

constraint, restraint, modesty

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Reading and meaning

Reading: えんりょ
Romaji: enryo
Meaning: constraint, restraint, modesty
Word type: noun

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

どうぞ遠慮(えんりょ)しないでください。
Please do not hesitate.
彼(かれ)は遠慮(えんりょ)して、何(なに)も食(た)べませんでした。
He held back and did not eat anything.
姉(あね)は遠慮(えんりょ)がちな性格(せいかく)です。
My older sister has a reserved personality.
遠慮(えんりょ)が必要(ひつよう)

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な

場面(ばめん)

もあります。

There are also situations where restraint is necessary.

Kanji in this lesson

遠distant, farJLPT N4 慮prudence, thought, concern, consider, deliberate, fearJLPT N3

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