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N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

放棄(ほうき)abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      abandonment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, abdication, surrender, relinquishing, waiving, giving up

    All Forms

    放棄 【ほうき】抛棄 【ほうき】

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    Examples

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      成功(せいこう)見込(みこ)みが()計画(けいかく)放棄(ほうき)する。

      Abandon a plan that has no prospect of success. {abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)}

      • N2

      子育(こそだ)てを放棄(ほうき)した(おや)逮捕(たいほ)されました。

      The parent who abandoned child-rearing was arrested. {abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)}

      • N2

      社長(しゃちょう)は、社員(しゃいん)(まも)るという責任(せきにん)放棄(ほうき)してはいけません。

      The president must not abandon the responsibility to protect the employees. {abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)}

      • N2

      家庭(かてい)裁判所(さいばんしょ)書類(しょるい)提出(ていしゅつ)しなければ、相続(そうぞく)(けん)放棄(ほうき)する(こと)出来(でき)ません。

      You cannot renounce your inheritance rights unless you submit documents to the family court. {abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)}

      • N2

      戦争(せんそう)放棄(ほうき)し、平和(へいわ)維持(いじ)してこそ、国家(こっか)国民(こくみん)(いのち)生活(せいかつ)(まも)っていると()えます。

      It can be said that a nation is protecting the lives and livelihoods of its citizens by renouncing war and maintaining peace. {abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)}

      • N2
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