Vocab Info

N3 う-verb (う), Intransitive verb

ためらうto hesitate

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    1. う-verb (う), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to hesitate, to waver

        Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    躊躇う 【ためらう】

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      • た

      • め

      • ら

      • う

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    • ためらわずに何(なん)でも挑戦(ちょうせん)してみよう！

      Let's try to do everything without hesitation!

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    • 仕事(しごと)のオファーを断(ことわ)る事(こと)を躊躇(ためら)う。

      To hesitate to turn down job offers.

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    • 何(なに)かを始(はじ)めるにしても、ためらっていては何(なに)も出来(でき)ないよ！

      If you hesitate to start something, you will never get anything done!

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    • 何(なん)でも躊躇(ためら)ってしまう癖(くせ)さえ直(なお)せればもっと自分(じぶん)を好(す)きになれると思(おも)います。

      If I could just fix my habit of hesitating about everything, I think I would like myself more.

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    • 娘(むすめ)を大事(だいじ)に思(おも)う親(おや)として、娘(むすめ)とその彼氏(かれし)の結婚(けっこん)を認(みと)めることを少(すこ)し躊躇(ためら)っている。

      As a parent who cares about my daughter, I'm a little hesitant to approve of her and her boyfriend getting married.

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