猶予

猶 (yū, “hesitate”) +‎ 予 (yo, “time to spare”).

• (Tokyo) ゆうよ [yúꜜùyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːjo̞]

猶(ゆう)予(よ) • (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 does 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.

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

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

猶(ゆう)予(よ)する • (yūyo suru) suru (stem 猶(ゆう)予(よ)し (yūyo shi), past 猶(ゆう)予(よ)した (yūyo shita))

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

• 猶(いざ)予(よ)う (izayō, “to pause; to hesitate”)
• 猶(いざ)予(よ)い (izayoi, “hesitation, pause”)

• “猶予”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026