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放棄ほうき

Kana ほうき Romaji houki

JLPT N1 Common word

Definitions

01noun · suru verb · transitive

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender; relinquishing; waiving; giving up

Examples

日本国民は戦争を放棄している。

The Japanese people have renounced war.

Tatoeba #122318

その計画は放棄された。

The plans were discarded.

Tatoeba #211225

彼はその考えを放棄した。

He abandoned the idea.

Tatoeba #112883

Other forms

抛棄 (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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