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Illustration of 謝絶

謝絶しゃぜつ

しゃぜつ shazetsu Play N1 Noun Suru verb Transitive

相手からの申し出や要求を、はっきり断ること。 refusal

Example 1

会社は不正な要求を謝絶しました。

The company refused the improper demand.

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Example 2

彼は取材の申し込みを謝絶した。

He refused the interview request.

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Kanji breakdown

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

謝

N1

apologize; thank; refuse

On reading
シャ
Kun reading
あやま.る
Radical
言
Illustration of 拒絶
N1

きょぜつ

refusal; rejection

Illustration of 月謝
N1

げっしゃ

monthly tuition fee

Illustration of 絶える
N1

たえる

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct

Illustration of 絶つ
N1

たつ

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

Illustration of 絶望
N1

ぜつぼう

despair; hopelessness