"躊躇う" meaning in Japanese

See 躊躇う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ta̠me̞ɾa̠ɯ̟]
Etymology: Derived from verb ためる (tameru, “to correct, to train, to reform”, spelled variously in kanji as 矯める, 揉める, 撓める), as the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) tamera- + auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetition or ongoing state: modern verb ending う u): “to be in the act of correction, to make something stay corrected”. Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú). Etymology templates: {{obor|ja|zh|躊躇}} Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 躊躇／踌躇 (chóuchú) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ためらう|hhira=ためらふ|tr=transitive|type=1}} 躊躇(ためら)う • (tamerau) ^(←ためらふ (tamerafu)?)transitive godan (stem 躊躇(ためら)い (tamerai), past 躊躇(ためら)った (tameratta)), {{ja-verb|ためらう|hhira=ためらふ|tr=intransitive|type=1}} 躊躇(ためら)う • (tamerau) ^(←ためらふ (tamerafu)?)intransitive godan (stem 躊躇(ためら)い (tamerai), past 躊躇(ためら)った (tameratta)) Forms: 躊躇う [canonical] (ruby: 躊躇(ためら)), tamerau [romanization], tamerafu [romanization], 躊躇い [stem] (ruby: 躊躇(ためら)), 躊躇った [past] (ruby: 躊躇(ためら)), 躊躇う [canonical] (ruby: 躊躇(ためら)), tamerau [romanization], tamerafu [romanization], 躊躇い [stem] (ruby: 躊躇(ためら)), 躊躇った [past] (ruby: 躊躇(ためら)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 躊躇わ [error-unrecognized-form], ためらわ [error-unrecognized-form], tamerawa [error-unrecognized-form], 躊躇い [error-unrecognized-form], ためらい [error-unrecognized-form], tamerai [error-unrecognized-form], 躊躇う [error-unrecognized-form], ためらう [error-unrecognized-form], tamerau [error-unrecognized-form], 躊躇え [error-unrecognized-form], ためらえ [error-unrecognized-form], tamerae [error-unrecognized-form], 躊躇われる [passive], ためらわれる [passive], tamerawareru [passive], 躊躇わせる [causative], 躊躇わす [causative], ためらわせる [causative], ためらわす [causative], tamerawaseru [causative], tamerawasu [causative], 躊躇える [potential], ためらえる [potential], tameraeru [potential], 躊躇おう [volitional], ためらおう [volitional], tameraō [volitional], 躊躇わない [negative], ためらわない [negative], tamerawanai [negative], 躊躇わず [continuative, negative], ためらわず [continuative, negative], tamerawazu [continuative, negative], 躊躇います [formal], ためらいます [formal], tameraimasu [formal], 躊躇った [perfective], ためらった [perfective], tameratta [perfective], 躊躇って [conjunctive], ためらって [conjunctive], tameratte [conjunctive], 躊躇えば [conditional, hypothetical], ためらえば [conditional, hypothetical], tameraeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to quell or restrain disordered emotions, such as due to high spirits or sadness: to calm one's feelings
    Sense id: en-躊躇う-ja-verb-51QNnb4a
  2. to ease or alleviate the symptoms of disease
    Sense id: en-躊躇う-ja-verb-vg1Qi-v0
  3. by extension from sense 1, to take the time to think things through calmly before making a decision: to ponder something, to consider something
    Sense id: en-躊躇う-ja-verb-1lAOyFSs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 9 59 11 3 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 16 10 52 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 17 9 55 11 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 9 57 11 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 9 58 11 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 12 45 17 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 18 8 58 12 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 9 60 11 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 9 60 12 2
  4. to calmly observe something
    Sense id: en-躊躇う-ja-verb-i60r8nHt
  5. by extension from transitive sense 3, to hesitate, to be undecided, to waver
    Sense id: en-躊躇う-ja-verb-ngNQW3qV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ぐずぐず (guzuguzu), 遅疑 (chigi) (ruby: 遅疑(ちぎ)), 躊躇 (chūcho) (ruby: 躊躇(ちゅうちょ)), 逡巡 (shunjun) (ruby: 逡巡(しゅんじゅん)), 猶予 (yūyo) (ruby: 猶予(ゆうよ)) Derived forms: 躊躇い (tamerai) (ruby: 躊躇(ためら)) (english: hesitation)

Alternative forms

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "躊躇わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ためらわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "tamerawa",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "ためらい",
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      "form": "tamerai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "躊躇う",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "ためらう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tamerau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameraeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameraō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameraimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameratta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameratte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tameraeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "to quell or restrain disordered emotions, such as due to high spirits or sadness: to calm one's feelings"
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        "to ease or alleviate the symptoms of disease"
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      "glosses": [
        "by extension from sense 1, to take the time to think things through calmly before making a decision: to ponder something, to consider something"
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          "consider",
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      "glosses": [
        "to calmly observe something"
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      "id": "en-躊躇う-ja-verb-i60r8nHt",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "by extension from transitive sense 3, to hesitate, to be undecided, to waver"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-躊躇う-ja-verb-ngNQW3qV",
      "links": [
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          "hesitate",
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        ],
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          "undecided",
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        ],
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          "waver",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ためらう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠me̞ɾa̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guzuguzu",
      "word": "ぐずぐず"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chigi",
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    {
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      "roman": "chūcho",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yūyo",
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          "猶予",
          "ゆうよ"
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "躊躇う"
}

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      "ruby": [
        [
          "躊躇",
          "ためら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇った",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "tameratta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "躊躇",
          "ためら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇う",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "躊躇",
          "ためら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerau",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerafu",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇い",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "roman": "tamerai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "躊躇",
          "ためら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇った",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "roman": "tameratta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "躊躇",
          "ためら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameraeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameraō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamerawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameraimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameratta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameratte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "躊躇えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ためらえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tameraeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ためらう",
        "hhira": "ためらふ",
        "tr": "transitive",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "躊躇(ためら)う • (tamerau) ^(←ためらふ (tamerafu)?)transitive godan (stem 躊躇(ためら)い (tamerai), past 躊躇(ためら)った (tameratta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ためらう",
        "hhira": "ためらふ",
        "tr": "intransitive",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "躊躇(ためら)う • (tamerau) ^(←ためらふ (tamerafu)?)intransitive godan (stem 躊躇(ためら)い (tamerai), past 躊躇(ためら)った (tameratta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to quell or restrain disordered emotions, such as due to high spirits or sadness: to calm one's feelings"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "quell",
          "quell"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ease or alleviate the symptoms of disease"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ],
        [
          "alleviate",
          "alleviate"
        ],
        [
          "symptom",
          "symptom"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "by extension from sense 1, to take the time to think things through calmly before making a decision: to ponder something, to consider something"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to calmly observe something"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "observe",
          "observe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "by extension from transitive sense 3, to hesitate, to be undecided, to waver"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "undecided",
          "undecided"
        ],
        [
          "waver",
          "waver"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ためらう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠me̞ɾa̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "guzuguzu",
      "word": "ぐずぐず"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chigi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "遅疑",
          "ちぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "遅疑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūcho",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "躊躇",
          "ちゅうちょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "躊躇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shunjun",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "逡巡",
          "しゅんじゅん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "逡巡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yūyo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "猶予",
          "ゆうよ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "猶予"
    }
  ],
  "word": "躊躇う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 躊躇う meaning in Japanese (7.9kB)

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