| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 拒否する | きょひする | キョヒスル |
Pronunciation: kyo-hi-su-ru
How to Say It Outloud: kyo-hi-su-ru
Usage: A formal way to refuse or reject something.
Example Sentence Japanese:
私はその提案を拒否します。
私はその提案を拒否します。Example Sentence English:I refuse that proposal.
I refuse that proposal.| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 断る | ことわる | コトワル |
Pronunciation: ko-to-wa-ru
How to Say It Outloud: ko-to-wa-ru
Usage: A common way to decline or turn down.
Example Sentence Japanese:私はその申し出を断ります。
私はその申し出を断ります。Example Sentence English:I refuse that offer.
I refuse that offer.| Hiragana |
|---|
| いやだ |
Pronunciation: iya-da
How to Say It Outloud: ee-ya-da
Usage: An informal, often emotional way of rejecting.
Example Sentence Japanese:こんなの、いやだ！
こんなの、いやだ！Example Sentence English:I refuse this!
I refuse this!| Hiragana |
|---|
| やめておく |
Pronunciation: ya-me-te-o-ku
How to Say It Outloud: ya-me-te-o-ku
Usage: A polite way to say 'I will pass' or 'I won't do it'.
Example Sentence Japanese:今はやめておきます。
今はやめておきます。Example Sentence English:I'll pass for now.
I'll pass for now.| Hiragana |
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| いいえ、やりません |
Pronunciation: iie, yari-masen
How to Say It Outloud: ee-ye, ya-ri-ma-sen
Usage: A direct but polite way to say 'I won’t do it'.
Example Sentence Japanese:すみませんが、いいえ、やりません。
すみませんが、いいえ、やりません。Example Sentence English:I'm sorry, but I refuse to do it.
I'm sorry, but I refuse to do it.Dictionary
断ることわるCommon wordjlpt-n3
Godan verb with 'ru' endingTransitive verb
- to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
Transitive verb
- to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance
Transitive verb
- to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
撥ねるはねるCommon word
Ichidan verbTransitive verb
- to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down
Transitive verb
- to reject; to eliminate; to exclude; to get rid of
Transitive verb
- to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to turn down
Transitive verb
- to flip; to splash; to splatter
Transitive verb
- to take (a percentage)
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
- to stick up (e.g. of hair); to curl up (e.g. of a moustache); to sweep up (the end of a brush stroke)
Intransitive verb
- to pronounce as a syllabic nasal
ごみ焼き炉ごみやきろ
Noun- incinerator; refuse furnace
粗大ごみそだいごみ
Noun- large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish
- useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
頑張るがんばるCommon word
Godan verb with 'ru' endingIntransitive verb
- to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
Intransitive verb
- to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
Intransitive verb
- to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge
石に漱ぎ流れに枕すいしにくちすすぎながれにまくらす
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Su verb - precursor to the modern suru
- to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong; to rinse one's mouth with a rock and rest one's head in a river
板子一枚下は地獄いたごいちまいしたはじごく
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
焚き火たきびjlpt-n1
NounSuru verb
- open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire
Suru verb
- open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
- Bonfire
宣命を含めるせんみょうをふくめる
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Ichidan verb
- to make someone understand their fate; to reason with; to persuade; to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)
真っ向からまっこうから
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
座り込むすわりこむ
Godan verb with 'mu' endingIntransitive verb
- to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down
Intransitive verb
- to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
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