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断

severance
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingダン
Kun readingた.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. severanceRtK
  2. decline
    彼は忙しいからと私の頼みを断った。He declined my request, saying that he was busy.tatoeba
  3. refuse
    彼は彼女の頼みをけんもほろろに断った。He flatly refused her requests for help.tatoeba
    彼は彼女に結婚を申し込んだが、そのプロポーズを彼女は断った。He asked her to marry him, which proposal she refused.tatoeba
  4. apologize
  5. warn
  6. dismiss
  7. prohibit
  8. decision
    この組織は幹部ばかりが名を連ね、果たして決断を下せるのか怪しいものだ。Since in this organization they're all managers, it's a wonder any decisions get made.tatoeba
  1. judgment
  2. resolution

Popular Usage

横断断る診断決断

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fishhook · rice (米) · axe (斤)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1218

Compound words

横断おうだん
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track); crossing (east-west)
断ることわる
to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
診断しんだん
diagnosis; medical examination
禁断きんだん
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
判断するはんだんする
to judge
診断するしんだんする
diagnosis
決断けつだん
decision; determination
遮断しゃだん
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception
縦断じゅうだん
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
寸断すんだん
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
切断せつだん
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
断言だんげん
assertion; declaration; affirmation
断固だんこ
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
断行だんこう
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
断食だんじき
fasting; fast
断水だんすい
suspension of water supply; water outage
断絶だんぜつ
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture
断然だんぜん
firmly; flatly; resolutely; decisively; absolutely
断層だんそう
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
断続だんぞく
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
断定だんてい
conclusion; decision; judgement; declaration; affirmative
断念だんねん
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
断片だんぺん
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
断面だんめん
section; cross section; profile

On Reading Examples

彼は即時断行を強調した。だんこう
He put emphasis on the necessity for immediate action.tatoeba
強風のため電線が数箇所で切断された。せつだん
The strong wind cut the electric wires in several places.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女が言ったことは本当だと断言した。
He affirmed the truth of her statement.tatoeba
そこに判官が登城、その師直へ顔世からの求愛を断る手紙が届く。
Then Hangan comes to the castle, and Kaoyo's letter rejecting Moronao's advances is delivered to Moronao.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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