断る
N3ことわる kotowaru
- to refuse
- to decline
- to dismiss
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
拒绝;事先告知
Examples
- なぜ彼の申し出を断ったのですか。Why did you turn down his offer?你为什么拒绝他的提议?
- 都合が悪いので誘いを断った。I declined the invitation because it was inconvenient.因为不方便,我拒绝了邀请。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6cd948ec5d'); // 断る
{
"id": "6cd948ec5d",
"word": "断る",
"reading": "ことわる",
"romaji": "kotowaru",
"meanings": [
"to refuse",
"to decline",
"to dismiss"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1419570,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "なぜ彼の申し出を断ったのですか。",
"furigana": "なぜ{彼|かれ}の{申|もう}し{出|で}を{断|ことわ}ったのですか。",
"en": "Why did you turn down his offer?",
"tatoeba_id": 199149
},
{
"ja": "都合が悪いので誘いを断った。",
"en": "I declined the invitation because it was inconvenient."
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "7783e20b32edae4130e2606ee87b33ff245cb659cedde69beb58a63b1e4e7b88",
"meanings": [
"拒绝",
"事先告知"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "なぜ彼の申し出を断ったのですか。",
"zh": "你为什么拒绝他的提议?"
},
{
"ja": "都合が悪いので誘いを断った。",
"zh": "因为不方便,我拒绝了邀请。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/6cd948ec5d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1419570; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "16c4a811188baa3bd2a9b566f874f72ca2e2a17e2e50ce8897ef27051438e4c8"
}
}