Answer by summea for word search: voluntary pause between desire and action
In this case, I would suggest the idea of 「立ち止まる」（tachidomaru - coming to a stand still.)I've seen this used by people when they are describing someone who is stopping to think about something; not yet...
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Couldn't this just be躊躇{ちゅうちょ}する、躊躇{ためら}う to hesitate? Or would that be too simple? I think it matches the description pretty well... or was this supposed to be some concept very specific to Japan(ese)?
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Maybe one of these?[一]{ひと}呼吸置く'take one breath'一歩下がる'take one step behind'思いとどまる'stop and think'[熟]{じゅく}[慮]{りょ}する'think intensively'Or maybe you meant these proverbs?石の上にも三年'Stay three years on a rock...
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I'm taking a risk here in that I'm not 100% sure, but, we're trying to do answers not comments...Anyway, a long time ago I used to work in animation at a Japanese company. One of my directors stressed...
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Some years ago, I read that Japanese has a word (or idiomatic expression) that means roughly:The action of voluntary interposing a pause between themoment you desire something and the moment you start...
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