Illustration: In an apartment hobby room, a model builder has pushed an unfinished ship to the far end of the table. Its bare ribs, loose mast, and unused parts make its incomplete state unmistakable.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

放ほう棄き

houki

to abandon, to give up

Example sentences

  1. 日本国民にっぽんこくみんは戦争せんそうを放棄ほうきしている。

    The Japanese people have renounced war.

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  2. その計画けいかくは放棄ほうきされた。

    The plans were discarded.

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  3. 彼かれはその考かんがえを放棄ほうきした。

    He abandoned the idea.

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Kanji in 放棄

  • 放set free; releaseOnホウKunはなす・はなつ・はなれる
  • 棄abandon; throw awayOnキKunすてる

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