| Word form | yōsha |
| Original script | 容赦/用捨 (the former is now usual) |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Orginally 用捨 in the meaning of “using what is necesary and discarding what is not”. Present meaning attested in 1699. |
| Grammatical info | do-support |
| Analyzability | analyzable compound |
| Gloss | yō-sha use-discard |
| Age | Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 1060 |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 20.3 |