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断ことわる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
But if he refuses me, I will be in trouble.
2. to inform; to give notice; to ask in advance (and get approval); to get permission
Let me make it clear from the start: I was just dragged along.
3. to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
Alt. forms
断ことわる
95%
断ことわる
2%
ことわる
1%
Kanji used
断
be cut off
Pitch accent
こ
とわ
る
Top 1100
Conjugations...Used in: 5525
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
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
Examples (65 in total)
They refused.
I've already said no.
I refused at first.
I couldn't refuse.
You should find a way to refuse.
I couldn't turn down my friend's request.
He was refused medical treatment.
I was politely refused with a smile.
He refused to shake hands.
It's also draining to refuse when asked.
I mean, you turned it down in a split second.
I was afraid of being rejected, so I couldn't say that I liked you.
But if he refuses me, I will be in trouble.
We have broken off relations with them.
She refused to go with me.
I just couldn't say no.
I confessed my feelings, thinking I had nothing to lose if I got turned down.
I was also asked for cooperation the other day, but I refused.
There was a request, but I was able to refuse it.
Why was I turned down for the job?
Since they had looked after me, I couldn't very well refuse.
I couldn't think of any excuse to refuse.
She refused his proposal.
It was a mistake to refuse his assistance.
She turned down his proposal.
Mary declined an invitation to the concert.
We make the approach, and they refuse.
She turned down my proposal.
He applied for the job but was turned down on the spot.
I don't know whether to accept or refuse.
There is no way to refuse it anymore.
Getting my hopes up and then turning me down... how cruel of you.
But Akira flatly turned me down.
He declined my request, saying that he was busy.
He declined their invitation.
I want to state beforehand that there is no danger.
Even if you refuse, you probably won't be forced to do it against your will.
In other words, she wants to refuse the proposal.
I've heard Jim rejected the proposal.
To my surprise, he refused my offer.
Why did you turn down his request for a pay raise?
To put it briefly, she turned down his proposal.
Do you refuse to leave with us?
It was hard for me to refuse his request.
He flatly refused to let me in.
The offer is too good to turn down.
The reason he refused your offer is obvious.
I politely turned down his offer and hung up.
The teacher declined to let the lazy boy attend his class.
He entered my room without permission.
We wanted to speak to the president of the company, but he refused to speak to us.
Given the situation that I must repay my debt, I have no way to refuse.
Nobody knows why he turns down my help.
We've only just set up the company, so you can't turn down any work that comes in.
I wonder why Tom turned down that job.
He refused my offer for no good reason.
Robert was so busy he had to turn down an invitation to play golf.
"You need to learn to say no." "No, I don't have to."
Let me make it clear from the start: I was just dragged along.
Although the proposal seemed like a good idea, they refused it.
I think he's making a big mistake by turning down the job.
I refused to eat until my parents came home.
I said up front that it wasn't a particularly interesting story.
In a sense you are right in refusing to join that club.
I can't understand why John turned down a job as good as that.