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遠慮

えんりょ

reserve, refraining

Mnemonic

You keep your distance, weigh whether to say it, and then say nothing. En えん, Ryo りょ. Do not do that: tell me whatever you like: えんりょ.

Built from

far
辶 the road radical with a long stretch of it drawn out below. Far enough that you think twice.
consider, concern
A tiger's stripes over a heart doing the thinking. Weighing a thing carefully, because it might yet bite.

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far (away) eternity

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