[あえて, aete] (adv) (uk) dare (to do something); venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure); take upon oneself; challenge; presume; (there is no) need to; (don't) go as far as; definitely (not); (P) #11,957[Add to Longdo]
[ふほんい, fuhon'i] (adj-na, n) reluctance; unwilling; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy
\Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See {Reluctant}.]
1. The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance;
aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an
infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by
against. "Tempering the severity of his looks with a
reluctance to the action." --Dryden.
Syn: Syn. See {Dislike}.
[1913 Webster]
He had some reluctance to obey the summons. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy
Her helpless innocence I doom to die. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of
magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reluctance
n 1: (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to
electric resistance)
2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";
"after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: {reluctance},
{hesitancy}, {hesitation}, {disinclination}, {indisposition}]
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