Vocab Info
N3 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb
ためらうto hesitate
Dictionary Definition
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb
1.
to hesitate, to waver
Usually written using kana alone
All Forms
躊躇う 【ためらう】
Common・Uncommon
Details
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た
め
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ためらわずに何でも挑戦してみよう!
Let's try to do everything without hesitation!
仕事のオファーを断る事を躊躇う。
To hesitate to turn down job offers.
何かを始めるにしても、ためらっていては何も出来ないよ!
If you hesitate to start something, you will never get anything done!
何でも躊躇ってしまう癖さえ直せればもっと自分を好きになれると思います。
If I could just fix my habit of hesitating about everything, I think I would like myself more.
娘を大事に思う親として、娘とその彼氏の結婚を認める事を少し躊躇っている。
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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