きょぜつ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. refusal; rejection
It was not a refusal, but a rejection.
Pitch accent
きょ
ぜつ
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
feelings of rejection
final rejection (e.g. of a patent)
Examples (19 in total)
Words of refusal got tangled in my throat.
I neither rejected nor affirmed.
It was not a refusal, but a rejection.
She refused to take the money.
The point is whether I accept or refuse.
Our request for a pay raise was turned down.
I interpreted her silence as a refusal.
With the girl's rejection, the air became abuzz.
I hurriedly pull my hand back at the clear rejection.
I brace myself for words of rejection and abuse.
She rejected his offer of help.
Carol refused; in other words her answer was "no."
The chairman rejected his absurd proposal.
I'm afraid your request for a pay raise was turned down again.
Even though I was the one who rejected it, I was the one who had been expecting it the most.
He asked her to marry him, but she refused.
The plan was rejected as being impractical.
You should have refused his request flatly.
I can't help but feel something like a cold aura of rejection.