ためらう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ためらう – see the following entry.

【躊躇う】 [verb] to quell or restrain disordered emotions, such as due to high spirits or sadness: to calm one's feelings [verb] to ease or alleviate the symptoms of disease [verb] (by extension from sense 1) to take the time to think things through calmly before making a decision: to ponder something, to consider something [verb] to calmly observe something [verb] (by extension from transitive sense 3) to hesitate, to be undecided, to waver Alternative spelling 躊う

(This term, ためらう (tamerau), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ためらう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ためらう.