JLPT N4 · Noun / suru verb

遠慮 (enryo)

遠慮 (えんりょ, enryo) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “reserve; constraint”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
えんりょ
Romaji
enryo
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. reserve; constraint; restraint; modesty; diffidence · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  2. declining; refraining · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  3. forethought; foresight · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive · orig. meaning

Example sentences

ここでのおタバコはご遠慮願います。
Please refrain from smoking here.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 遠慮

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary遠慮するえんりょする enryosuru
Polite (~masu)遠慮しますえんりょします enryoshimasu
Negative遠慮しないえんりょしない enryoshinai
Polite negative遠慮しませんえんりょしません enryoshimasen
Past遠慮したえんりょした enryoshita
Polite past遠慮しましたえんりょしました enryoshimashita
Negative past遠慮しなかったえんりょしなかった enryoshinakatta
Te-form遠慮してえんりょして enryoshite
Potential遠慮できるえんりょできる enryodekiru
Passive遠慮されるえんりょされる enryosareru
Causative遠慮させるえんりょさせる enryosaseru
Volitional遠慮しようえんりょしよう enryoshiyou
Imperative遠慮しろえんりょしろ enryoshiro
Conditional (~ba)遠慮すればえんりょすれば enryosureba

Kanji in 遠慮

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 遠慮.

Source: JMdict entry 1178450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.