Illustration: At an apartment kitchen table, an adult has placed just one small biscuit on a saucer beside unsweetened tea. A family member offers the open biscuit tin for a generous refill, but the seated adult gently covers the saucer with one hand and pushes the tin a little farther away with the other.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

控ひかえる

hikaeru

to refrain from, to cut back on

Example sentences

  1. あなたは喫煙きつえんをひかえるべきです。

    You should refrain from smoking.

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  2. 水分すいぶんを控ひかえてください。

    You should not drink a lot of liquid.

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  3. 私わたしはお酒さけを控ひかえている。

    I refrain from drinking.

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Kanji in 控

  • 控withdraw; draw inOnコウKunひかえる・ひかえ

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