Illustration: At a lively family dinner, a relative leans forward with a sake bottle to refill an adult guest's small cup. The guest firmly covers the cup with one hand and holds the other palm outward between themselves and the bottle.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

拒こばむ

kobamu

to refuse, to reject

Example sentences

  1. トムはフランス語ごを話はなすのを拒こばむ。

    Tom refuses to speak French.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 君きみがその提案ていあんを拒こばむのも当然とうぜんだ。

    It is no wonder that you are turning down the proposal.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれらは我々われわれを援助えんじょするのを拒こばんだ。

    They refused to help us.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 拒

  • 拒repel; refuseOnキョ・ゴKunこばむ

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