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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

謝しゃ絶ぜつ

shazetsu

to refuse, to decline

Used mainly in formal notices and expressions. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 細菌さいきんなどから隔離かくりするため、面会めんかい謝絶しゃぜつとなっています。

    In order to isolate him from bacteria, and such, he is not allowed visitors.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは面会めんかい謝絶しゃぜつだ。

    He sees no company.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. このとき、信長のぶながは義昭よしあきから副将軍ふくしょうぐんの地位ちいを勧すすめられたが、既すでに足利将軍家あしかがしょうぐんけを見限みかぎっていたため謝絶しゃぜつしたとされる。

    At the time, Yoshiaki offered Nobunaga the position of deputy shogun, but Nobunaga is said to have declined because he had already given up on the Ashikaga shogunal family.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 謝絶

  • 謝apologize; thankOnシャKunあやまる
  • 絶discontinue; severOnゼツKunたえる・たやす・たつ

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