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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

拒きょ絶ぜつ

kyozetsu

to reject, to refuse

Example sentences

彼かれの返答へんとうは拒絶きょぜつも同然どうぜんだ。
His answer amounts to a refusal.
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彼かれは、私わたしの提案ていあんを拒絶きょぜつした。
He declined my proposal.
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私わたしは断固だんことして拒絶きょぜつした。
I refused absolutely.
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Kanji in 拒絶

拒repel; refuseOnキョ・ゴKunこばむ
絶discontinue; severOnゼツKunたえる・たやす・たつ

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