Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 11

断

Meaning in English

severance, decline, refuse

Readings

Onyomi: ダン Kunyomi: た.つ, ことわ.る, さだ.める Romaji: dan / ta.tsu, kotowa.ru, sada.meru

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断

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese rescisão, declinação, recusa

Spanish despido, rechazo, negativa

Korean 단절, 감소, 거부

French rupture, déclin, refus

Italian separazione, declino, rifiuto

German Trennung, Ablehnung, Verweigerung

Indonesian pemutusan hubungan kerja, penurunan, penolakan

★ Vietnamese chấm dứt, từ chối, bác bỏ

Thai การเลิกจ้าง, การปฏิเสธ, การไม่ยอมรับ

Related kanji

N1 斬 zan, san, sen, zen / ki.ru beheading, kill, murder N4 新 shin / atara.shii, ara.ta, ara-, nii- new, nouveau, nuevo N1 斥 seki / shirizo.keru reject, retreat, recede N1 斤 kin axe, 1.32 lb, catty

Words with this kanji

N1 決断 ketsudan decision, determination N1 断える taeru to cease, to become extinct N1 断言 dangen assertion, declaration, affirmation N1 断然 danzen firmly, absolutely, definitely N1 断面 dammen cross section N1 中断 chuudan interruption, suspension, break N1 無断 mudan without permission, without notice N2 診断 shindan diagnosis N2 断水 dansui water outage

Sentences with this kanji

N3 さすが経験が長いだけあって判断が早い Sasuga keiken ga nagai dake atte handan ga hayai As expected from someone experienced decisions are fast N3 データに基づいて正確な判断をする必要がある Deeta ni motozuite seikaku na handan o suru hitsuyou ga aru It is necessary to decide based on data N3 実際に見てみないことには判断できない Jissai ni mite minai koto ni wa handan dekinai Cannot judge without seeing directly N4 約束があるから断るわけにはいかない Yakusoku ga aru kara kotowaru wake ni wa ikanai Cannot refuse because promise exists