許し・赦し|ゆるしyurushi[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounpardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
   失礼しつれいをお許ゆるし下ください。↗

   Please excuse me for being rude.

• Synonym容赦ようしゃNeutralForgiveness or going easy on someone; most often seen in the negative 「容赦なく」, meaning to show no mercy.
• Synonym免罪めんざいWrittenWritten: remitting guilt or sin, as in 「免罪符」; focuses on religious or legal absolution.
• Synonym赦免しゃめんFormalFormal: pardoning an offense and remitting punishment, mainly in legal or religious contexts; 「許し」 is broader, covering both forgiveness and permission.
• Synonym勘弁かんべんCasualColloquial: sparing or letting someone off, as in 「勘弁してくれ」; often carries a complaining 'I can't take any more' tone.
• Synonym許容きょようNeutralAllowing something within limits, as in 「許容範囲」; centers on an acceptable range rather than pardon.
• Synonym堪忍かんにんCasualColloquial: forgiving someone by holding back anger, as in 「堪忍してください」; carries a pleading, begging-off nuance.
• Synonym仮借かしゃくWrittenWritten: overlooking faults, usually in the negative 「仮借なく」; also refers to the phonetic borrowing of kanji.
• Synonym寛恕かんじょWrittenWritten: forgiving magnanimously; used in letters of apology, e.g. 「ご寛恕ください」.
• Synonym海容かいようWrittenWritten: generously excusing another's rudeness; a polite epistolary set phrase in 「ご海容ください」.
• Synonym宥恕ゆうじょWrittenWritten: forgiving generously; also the legal term for a victim's forgiveness of the offender.
• Related許可きょかNeutralPermission to do something, granted by officials, superiors or parents; centers on allowing, while 「許し」 also covers forgiveness.
• Related認可にんかFormalFormal: official approval by an administrative authority, as in 「認可保育園」; centers on governmental sanction.
• RelatedごめんCasualColloquial: honorific for permission, also used to apologize or refuse; 「御免なさい」 is the most common form.
• Related認定にんていNeutralCertifying qualifications or facts after review, as in 「認定試験」; about judgment and confirmation, not forgiveness.
• Related許諾きょだくFormalFormal: consenting to a request, as in the copyright term 「利用許諾」; leans legal and contractual.
• RelatedパーミッションNeutralLoanword for permission or access rights, mostly in computing contexts such as file access.
• Related允可いんかWrittenHeavily literary and very rare; in daily speech say 「許可」 or 「許し」 instead.
• Antonym罰ばつNeutralPunishment or penalty; the opposite of 「許し」 as forgiveness of wrongdoing.
• Antonym断罪だんざいWrittenWritten: convicting or condemning someone; the opposite of 「許し」 as pardon.

「許し」 covers both forgiving an offense and allowing something, as in 「許しを請う」. For colloquial pleas for mercy use 「勘弁」 or 「堪忍」; for official approval 「許可」 or 「認可」; for legal pardon 「赦免」. The written words 寛恕, 海容 and 宥恕 suit formal letters; 容赦 and 仮借 appear mostly in negatives like 「容赦なく」. 許容 is about acceptable limits, 認定 about certification, and 罰 and 断罪 are its opposites.

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

1. 【聴ちょうし】許可きょか。承知しょうち。
2. 【赦ゆるし】罪つみや過失かしつを咎とがめないこと。容赦ようしゃ。
3. 芸道げいどうで師匠ししょうから弟子でしに与あたえる免許めんきょの階級かいきゅうの一ひとつ。
4. 「ゆるす」の連用形れんようけい。