ことわる – Vocabulary details

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)

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

彼かれらはことわった。

They refused.

初はじめはことわったんです。

I refused at first.

ことわることができませんでした。

I couldn't refuse.

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