How to say "reluctance" in Japanese

• 難色なんしょくCommon
  nounReluctance or unwillingness toward a proposal, plan, or request, tinged with disapproval; it is an attitude shown toward something rather than a private hesitation, as when a company balks at a proposed plan.
  彼かれはまゆを上あげて難色なんしょくを示しめした。↗

  He showed his disapproval by raising an eyebrow.
• 未練みれんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, na-adjectiveCovers reluctance to let go — lingering attachment, affection, or regret for a person, place, or the past. It is not the word for hesitating over a task or proposal.
  彼女かのじょにはまだ未練みれんがある。↗

  I still have some feelings for her.
• 抵抗ていこうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbReluctance felt as inner resistance: an aversion to doing something that makes you hold back, shading into repulsion or repugnance. It fits the private feeling of balking at an action.

Use 難色 for unwillingness or disapproval shown toward a proposal, 抵抗 for reluctance felt as inner resistance to doing something, and 未練 for reluctance to let go of a person or the past.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 難色なんしょくdisapproval
• 未練みれんlingering attachment
• 惜しげおしげreluctance
• リラクタンスreluctance (to do something)
• 抵抗感ていこうかんantipathy
• 抵抗ていこうreluctance
• 残心ざんしんlingering affection