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遠慮, えんりょ
Takes suru
1. reserve, constraint, restraint, modesty, diffidence, hesitation, holding back, discretion, tact, thoughtfulness
2. declining, refraining
orig. meaning
3. forethought, foresight
ここでのおタバコはご遠慮願います。
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ご遠慮ください, ご遠慮下さい, 御遠慮下さい, 御遠慮ください, ごえんりょください
Expression
please refrain (from)
たばこはご遠慮下さい。
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遠慮会釈, えんりょえしゃく
See 遠慮会釈もない, yojijukugo, usu. with neg. sentence
reserve and consideration (to others)
遠慮気味, えんりょぎみ
NA-adjective, May take 'no'
somewhat reserved (diffident), shyly, timidly, retiringly, in a retiring (reserved) manner
遠慮近憂, えんりょきんゆう
yojijukugo
failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term
遠慮の塊, 遠慮のかたまり, えんりょのかたまり
Expression, Dialect: Osaka-ben
the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves)
遠慮会釈もない, 遠慮会釈も無い, えんりょえしゃくもない
Expression, See 遠慮会釈, often as 遠慮会釈もなく
inconsiderate, ruthless, merciless, lacking compunction
遠慮なければ近憂あり, 遠慮無ければ近憂あり, えんりょなければきんゆうあり
Expression, Proverb
plan ahead or you will soon have worries