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Meaning of 断念 in Japanese
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断念
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Kana Readingだんねん
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Romajidannen
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
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Examples of 断念, だんねん in a sentence
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複数の呼吸器疾患による衰弱のため、彼は先週、音楽指揮者としての仕事を断念する旨の発表を余儀なくされたばかりでした。
Weakness brought on by a number of respiratory ailments had forced him just last week to announce that he was giving up his conducting career.
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Now that pessimism prevails, the executive will abandon the project.
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She gave up her plans against her will.
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He gave up the plan for economic reasons.
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He abandoned the plan.
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He despaired of establishing his office in Calcutta.
Related Kanji
念
JLPT 3
8 strokes
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
On'Yomi: ネン
Kun'Yomi:
断
JLPT 3
11 strokes
severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
On'Yomi: ダン
Kun'Yomi: た.つ, ことわ.る, さだ.める