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保留 (ほりゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

保ほ留りゅう

ほ

りゅ

う

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

Used when a decision, action, or response is temporarily suspended or kept pending. Common in business, legal, and everyday contexts.

その件けんはまだ保ほ留りゅうになっています。
That matter is still on hold.
回かい

答とう

を

保ほ

留りゅう

さ

せ

て

ください

。

Please allow me to defer my answer.

Kanji

保protect, guarantee, keep
留detain, fasten, halt

Similar words

延えん期き
延期 means postponing to a later date, while 保留 is about suspending a decision or action without specifying a new time.
中ちゅう止し
中止 means cancellation or stopping something entirely, whereas 保留 implies a temporary hold with the possibility of resuming.

Etymology

Compound of 保 (keep, maintain) and 留 (stop, detain), literally 'keep and detain'. The modern sense of holding something in abeyance is a natural extension.