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Formation: N + を顧みず; N + も顧みず (emphatic)

Means doing something without thinking about something one ought to consider, typically danger, one's own safety or health, one's family, or the trouble caused to others. Depending on context it praises courage (身の危険を顧みず人を助ける) or criticises selfishness and neglect (家庭を顧みず働く). It is formal and mostly written, found in news reports, biographies and essays. Compare 〜もかまわず, which is more everyday and usually about ignoring other people's eyes or opinions (人目もかまわず泣く), and 〜をものともせず, which describes bravely overcoming an obstacle and is always admiring. 〜をよそに means carrying on regardless of other people's worries or reactions.

Variants: 〜も顧みず、〜を顧みることなく、〜を顧みない

Examples

• 消防士は身の危険を顧みず、炎の中へ飛び込んだ。
  Without regard for his own safety, the firefighter plunged into the flames.
• 父は家庭を顧みず、仕事一筋の人生を送った。
  My father neglected his family and lived for nothing but his work.
• 周囲の反対も顧みず、彼は会社を辞めて起業した。
  Heedless even of the opposition around him, he quit his job and started his own business.

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