Word Meaning 却ける

しりぞける shirizokeru

却ける is read as しりぞける (shirizokeru) and means to make (someone) leave.

Meaning

English

  1. to make (someone) leave
  2. to send away
  3. to turn away
  4. to force (someone) to leave their post
  5. to oust
  6. to remove
  7. to expel
  8. to refuse

Reading

Kana

しりぞける

Romaji

shirizokeru

Writing Variants

  • 斥ける しりぞける shirizokeru
  • 退ける しりぞける shirizokeru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 121654 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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却下

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rejection

却って

かえって

on the contrary

却行

きゃっこう

drawing back

棄却

ききゃく

rejection

返却

へんきゃく

return of something

忘却

ぼうきゃく

lapse of memory

売却

ばいきゃく

selling off

退却

たいきゃく

retreat

冷却

れいきゃく

cooling

償却

しょうきゃく

depreciation

減価償却

げんかしょうきゃく

depreciation

脱却

だっきゃく

ridding oneself