情状酌量 じょうじょうしゃくりょう taking the extenuating circumstances… #29,935 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive, intransitive, four-character idiom taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration Its kanji 情 ジョウ、セイ · なさ.け feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts 状 ジョウ status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance 酌 シャク · く.む bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump 量 リョウ · はか.る quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise