断る – Vocabulary details

断ことわる

Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)

1. to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline

2. to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance

3. to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

be cut off

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to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely

needless to say

to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely

彼かれらは断ことわった。

They refused.

初はじめは断ことわったんです。

I refused at first.

断ことわることができませんでした。

I couldn't refuse.

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