Illustration: At an apartment dinner gathering, a guest has finished one small serving of sake and still has food on his plate. When the host approaches with the sake flask, he gently covers his cup with an open hand and smiles, then reaches for a glass of water.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

節せつ度ど

setsudo

moderation, restraint

Example sentences

  1. どんなに節度せつどのある家庭かていでも事故じこは起おこるもの。

    Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 節度せつどを欠かく

    to lack moderation

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 忠昌ただまさは若年じゃくねんの折おりは豪放ごうほうにして、節度せつど正ただしくないことも多おおかった。

    In his younger days, Tadamasa was bold and often lacked restraint.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 節度

  • 節node; seasonOnセツ・セチKunふし・のっと
  • 度degrees; occurrenceOnド・ト・タクKunたび

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