かしやく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かしやく – see the following entries.
呵責かしゃく
[noun] blame, censure
[noun] (coming from oneself) pang of conscience
[verb] to blame, to censure (another or oneself)
Alternative spelling
呵嘖
仮借かしゃく
[noun] [from early 1600s] mercy, allowance, indulgence: the deliberate overlooking of another's faults or transgressions
[verb] [from early 1600s] to show mercy, to allow, to indulge, to countenance, to tolerate: to deliberately overlook another's faults or transgressions
(This term, かしやく (kasyaku), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)