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手加減, てかげん

  • tekagen

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

  • going easy on someone
  • take situational peculiarities into consideration
  • rough estimate
  • making an allowance for

Examples of 手加減,てかげん in a Sentence

彼は手加減をしない人です。
He likes to play hardball with people.
法律というものはあれこれと手加減し過ぎると何の役にも立たなくなる。
The law is useless if it's too watered down.
少し手加減しました。
I pulled my punches a little.

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