Illustration: In a community festival planning room, an organizer presents a tabletop model of an extravagantly tall entrance arch to the supervising coordinator. The coordinator firmly raises an open palm and slides the model back across the table, clearly refusing approval.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

却きゃっ下か

kyakka

to reject, to dismiss

Example sentences

政府せいふはその要求ようきゅうを却下きゃっかした。
The government turned down the request.
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議長ぎちょうはその提案ていあんを却下きゃっかした。
The chairman rejected the proposal.
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そんな提案ていあんはすぐに却下きゃっかされるだけだ。
Such a proposal would only be turned down immediately.
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Kanji in 却下

却instead; on the contraryOnキャクKunかえって・しりぞく・しりぞける
下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと

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