Japanese

Noun

猶予 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 猶豫, hiragana ゆうよ, romaji yūyo)

1. An act of hesitation.

   地球 (ちきゅう)の温暖化 (おんだんか)は一刻 (いっこく)の猶予 (ゆうよ)もならない状況 (じょうきょう)だ。

   Chikyū no ondanka wa ikkoku no yūyo mo naranai jōkyō da.

   The situation of global warming do not have a capacity of our hesitation.

2. An act of extending a time limit such as paying a debt, a stay of execution, etc; a postponement, a grace, a delay, a suspension.

   保険料 (ほけんりょう)の払込 (はらいこ)みが停滞 (ていたい)し払込 (はらいこみ)猶予 (ゆうよ)期間 (きかん)が経過 (けいか)すると、契約 (けいやく)は失効 (しっこう)します。

   Hokenryō no haraikomi ga teitai shi haraikomi-yūyo-kikan ga keika suru to, keiyaku wa shikkō shimasu.

   The insurance contract lapses if the premium payment is delayed and the payment period of grace passes.

Synonyms

• (an act of extending a time limit): 延長 (えんちょう) ‎(enchō)

Compounds

• 猶予期間 (ゆうよきかん) ‎(yūyo kikan): a period of grace
• 執行猶予 (しっこうゆうよ) ‎(shikkō yūyo): a suspended sentence

Verb

猶予する ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 猶豫, hiragana ゆうよする, romaji yūyo suru)

1. to extend, to defer, to delay
2. to hesitate

Conjugation