How to say "withholding" in Japanese

• 留保りゅうほCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers withholding as deliberately holding back one's own consent, judgment, or opinion — reserving it rather than giving it. Typical in formal discussion or negotiation when you do not commit yourself.
• 保留ほりゅうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers withholding as keeping something in abeyance: a decision, answer, or matter left pending, or a call put on hold. The nuance is deferral — the matter is set aside, not refused.
  その件けんは保留ほりゅうにしておこう。↗

  Let's put that on hold.

Use 留保 for withholding in the sense of deliberately reserving one's own consent, judgment, or opinion, and 保留 for withholding as holding a matter back or leaving it pending, on hold.

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• 留保りゅうほreserving
• 保留ほりゅうreservation