Word Meaning 前言撤回

ぜんげんてっかい zengentekkai

前言撤回 is read as ぜんげんてっかい (zengentekkai) and means taking back what one just said.

Meaning

English

  1. taking back what one just said
  2. eating one's words
  3. negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

Reading

Kana

ぜんげんてっかい

Romaji

zengentekkai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 30768 Priority E

Related Vocabulary

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前回

ぜんかい

previous time

前々回

ぜんぜんかい

the time before last

前方宣言

ぜんぽうせんげん

forward declaration

前言往行

ぜんげんおうこう

words and deeds of the people of yore

撤回

てっかい

withdrawal

白紙撤回

はくしてっかい

complete revocation

前言

ぜんげん

previous remarks

前進回復

ぜんしんかいふく

forward recovery

言語論的転回

げんごろんてきてんかい

linguistic turn

言い回し

いいまわし

expression

言回す

いいまわす

to express in a roundabout way

前提

ぜんてい

premise