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控

控 (withdraw, draw in, hold back, refrain from, be moderate)

  • JLPT N1
  • 11 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 手
  • #1000 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
コウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
ひか.えるひか.え

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

タバコを控ひかえてくれ。

Please refrain from smoking.

喫煙きつえんをお控ひかえ下ください。

Please refrain from smoking.

彼かれはお酒さけを控ひかえている。

He is abstaining from alcohol.

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