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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

断ことわる

N3
ことわる kotowaru
  1. to refuse
  2. to decline
  3. to dismiss
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

拒绝;事先告知

Examples

  • なぜ彼かれの申もうし出でを断ことわったのですか。
    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"
  }
}