Illustration: During a small cooking contest in a community kitchen, a participant still has one dumpling to fold when the sand timer beside the workboard empties. The organizer has already reached for the judging tray but pauses after seeing the unfinished dumpling.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

猶ゆう予よ

yuuyo

extension of time, postponement

Example sentences

  1. 一刻いっこくの猶予ゆうよもならない。

    There is no time to be lost.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 事態じたいは一刻いっこくの猶予ゆうよも許ゆるさない。

    There’s not a moment to waste.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そのうえ再三さいさんの督促とくそくを命めいじても、そのたびに猶予ゆうよを願ねがう府県ふけんが出でる始末しまつであった。

    Besides, despite the Ministry’s repeated urging, a number of prefectures asked for a postponement every time.

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

Kanji in 猶予

  • 猶furthermore; stillOnユウ・ユKunなお
  • 予beforehand; previousOnヨ・シャKunあらかじめ

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