躊う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
躊
ためら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 躊う – see the following entry.

【躊躇ためらう】 [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

(This term, 躊う, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)