"断る" meaning in Japanese

See 断る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ko̞to̞ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: Originally a compound of 言 (koto, “words”) + 割る (waru, “split”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|言|割る|sort=ことわる|t1=words|t2=split|tr1=koto|tr2=waru}} 言 (koto, “words”) + 割る (waru, “split”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ことわる|tr=trans|type=1}} 断(ことわ)る • (kotowaru) transitive godan (stem 断(ことわ)り (kotowari), past 断(ことわ)った (kotowatta)) Forms: 断る [canonical] (ruby: (ことわ)), kotowaru [romanization], 断り [stem] (ruby: (ことわ)), 断った [past] (ruby: (ことわ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 断ら [error-unrecognized-form], ことわら [error-unrecognized-form], kotowara [error-unrecognized-form], 断り [error-unrecognized-form], ことわり [error-unrecognized-form], kotowari [error-unrecognized-form], 断る [error-unrecognized-form], ことわる [error-unrecognized-form], kotowaru [error-unrecognized-form], 断れ [error-unrecognized-form], ことわれ [error-unrecognized-form], kotoware [error-unrecognized-form], 断られる [passive], ことわられる [passive], kotowarareru [passive], 断らせる [causative], 断らす [causative], ことわらせる [causative], ことわらす [causative], kotowaraseru [causative], kotowarasu [causative], 断れる [potential], ことわれる [potential], kotowareru [potential], 断ろう [volitional], ことわろう [volitional], kotowarō [volitional], 断らない [negative], ことわらない [negative], kotowaranai [negative], 断らず [continuative, negative], ことわらず [continuative, negative], kotowarazu [continuative, negative], 断ります [formal], ことわります [formal], kotowarimasu [formal], 断った [perfective], ことわった [perfective], kotowatta [perfective], 断って [conjunctive], ことわって [conjunctive], kotowatte [conjunctive], 断れば [conditional, hypothetical], ことわれば [conditional, hypothetical], kotowareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to refuse, to reject, to turn down
    Sense id: en-断る-ja-verb-ZUHsqt9l
  2. to announce in advance, especially to ask for permission
    Sense id: en-断る-ja-verb--ADJtn3z Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86

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      "form": "断れ",
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      "form": "断ります",
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      "form": "ことわります",
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          "english": "But I refuse.",
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          "reject",
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          "turn down",
          "turn down"
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          "english": "to give some notices before coming to the main topic",
          "roman": "hondai ni hairu mae ni kotowatte oku",
          "ruby": [
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              "本",
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            [
              "題",
              "だい"
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              "入",
              "はい"
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            [
              "前",
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              "断",
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      "ipa": "[ko̞to̞ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
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    "ja:大辞林",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "断ります",
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    {
      "form": "ことわります",
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      "form": "断った",
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        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "断(ことわ)る • (kotowaru) transitive godan (stem 断(ことわ)り (kotowari), past 断(ことわ)った (kotowatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But I refuse.",
          "roman": "daga kotowaru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "断",
              "ことわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "だが断る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse, to reject, to turn down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "turn down",
          "turn down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to give some notices before coming to the main topic",
          "roman": "hondai ni hairu mae ni kotowatte oku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "題",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "入",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "断",
              "ことわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "本題に入る前に断っておく"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to announce in advance, especially to ask for permission"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ],
        [
          "permission",
          "permission"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ことわる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞to̞ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "断る"
}

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