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慎む

つつしむ

to refrain from; to be moderate in; to be careful or discreet about

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Examples

  1. でしゃばるのは慎んでください。

    でしゃばるのはつつしんでください。

    Please refrain from pushing yourself forward.

  2. 医者に酒を慎むように言われた。

    いしゃにさけをつつしむようにいわれた。

    The doctor told me to go easy on alcohol.

  3. 公の場では、軽々しい発言を慎むべきだ。

    おおやけのばでは、かるがるしいはつげんをつつしむべきだ。

    In public one should refrain from careless remarks.

Common patterns

言葉を慎む
to watch one's words
発言を慎む
to refrain from comment
酒を慎む
to go easy on the drink

Memory tip

慎む is holding yourself back out of propriety, usually as a request or self-restraint notice: ご遠慮ください is its everyday cousin. The spelling 謹む (as in 謹んでお受けします) is the reverential 'respectfully' sense.

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