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~を顧かえりみず / ~も顧かえりみず: meaning, usage and examples

~を顧かえりみず / ~も顧かえりみず means: without regard for... / heedless of...

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. 彼かれは、自みずからの危険きけんを顧かえりみず、子供こどもを助たすけようと火ひの中なかに飛とび込こんだ。

   Heedless of the danger to himself, he jumped into the fire to save the child.

2. 家族かぞくを顧かえりみずに、仕事しごとばかりしている。

   He only works, without regard for his family.

3. 田中たなかさんは健康けんこうも顧かえりみず、毎晩まいばん遅おそくまで働はたらいていた。

   Mr. Tanaka worked late every night with no regard even for his health.

4. 周まわりの迷惑めいわくを顧かえりみず、電車でんしゃで大声おおごえで電話でんわする人ひとがいる。

   Some people talk loudly on the phone on the train with no regard for those around them.

When to use it

Means acting without considering something you should consider: danger, your health, your family, other people's trouble. Example: 危険きけんを顧かえりみず子供こどもを助たすけた, heedless of the danger, they saved the child. も顧かえりみず stresses "not even that", for something a person should obviously care about, such as 健康けんこうも顧かえりみず.

Nuance

Written style. The tone depends on the noun: 危険きけんを顧かえりみず is often heroic, while 家族かぞくを顧かえりみず or 迷惑めいわくを顧かえりみず is critical. Usually describes others; the second clause is a completed or habitual action, not a request.

Compare

をものともせず is brave and positive only: 嵐あらしをものともせず. を顧かえりみず can praise or criticize: 周囲しゅういの迷惑めいわくを顧かえりみず騒さわぐ. を問とわず means "regardless of" as a neutral range: 年齢ねんれいを問とわず. 顧かえりみない is the same verb in plain negative: 家族かぞくを顧かえりみない.

Tip: 顧かえりみる = look back at, take into account. 顧かえりみず = without looking back at it. Danger: brave. Family: neglect.