を顧みず / も顧みず【をかえりみず / もかえりみず】

despite, without considering, regardless of, without regard for, ignoring, heedless of

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Structure

[noun] + を顧みず、[sentence] [noun] + も顧みず、[sentence]

Description

を顧みず goes after a noun and means "without regard for it": someone acts with no thought for a danger, a cost or other people's feelings. かえりみる顧みる is "take into consideration", and 顧みず is its old negative, "without considering". It is formal and written – news, speeches, biographies.

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He rushed into the burning building without regard for the danger.

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Despite his family's opposition, he decided to move overseas.

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The police officer who saved the hostage without regard for his own life was commended.

The noun is something a person would normally weigh: danger, health, one's own life, other people's objections or inconvenience. In conversation you would say をき気にせず or をかんがえ考えずに. Don't confuse 顧みる with かえりみる省みる, read the same, which means "reflect on your own conduct".

With も instead of を, it means "not even": the thing ignored is something anyone would have expected the person to think about.

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She kept working every day without even thinking of her own health.

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The soldier went back to help his comrades without even considering the danger to himself.

Praise or blame

The same words admire courage or criticise selfishness, and only the context decides. Risking yourself to save someone is praise; ignoring the neighbours is blame.

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The firefighters kept up the rescue without regard for the danger.

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He was talking loudly on the phone with no thought for the people around him.

Examples

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The firefighters continued their rescue efforts without regard for the danger.

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She threw herself into the project without even considering her own health.

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Despite his family's opposition, he decided to move overseas.

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The police officer who saved the hostage without regard for his own life was commended.

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He was playing music at full volume late at night without any consideration for the inconvenience to others.

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She stood by her convictions regardless of public opinion.

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The soldier went back to help his comrades without even considering the danger to himself.

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The president invested in a new venture without considering the company's losses.

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Without heeding the warnings of those around him, he climbed the mountain alone.

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She exposed the wrongdoing without regard for her own reputation.

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Without regard for the danger, the firefighters went into the building.

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Without concern for his own health, he continued working day and night.