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Illustration of 拒絶

拒絶きょぜつ

きょぜつ kyozetsu Play N1 Noun Suru verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

相手の要求や申し出を受け入れないこと。 refusal; rejection

Example 1

私わたしたちの昇給しょうきゅうの要求ようきゅうは拒絶きょぜつされた。

Our request for a pay rise was turned down.

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Example 2

彼の返答は拒絶も同然だ。

His answer amounts to a refusal.

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Kanji breakdown

拒

N1

repel; refuse; reject; decline

On reading
キョ、ゴ
Kun reading
こば.む
Radical
手

絶

N3

discontinue; sever; cut off; abstain; interrupt; suppress; be beyond; without match; peerless; unparalleled

On reading
ゼツ
Kun reading
た.える、た.やす、た.つ
Radical
糸
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拒否

N1

きょひ

denial; veto; rejection; refusal

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絶える

N1

たえる

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct

Illustration of 絶つ

絶つ

N1

たつ

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to abstain (from)

Illustration of 絶望

絶望

N1

ぜつぼう

despair; hopelessness

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絶版

N1

ぜっぱん

out of print