Word Meaning 拒絶

きょぜつ kyozetsu

拒絶 is read as きょぜつ (kyozetsu) and means refusal.

Meaning

English

  1. refusal
  2. rejection

Reading

Kana

きょぜつ

Romaji

kyozetsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 承諾,受諾,許諾 Rank 7069 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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拒絶反応

きょぜつはんのう

(organ) rejection

拒絶査定

きょぜつさてい

final rejection (e.g. of a patent)

拒絶感

きょぜつかん

feelings of rejection

拒否

きょひ

refusal

拒む

こばむ

to prevent (from doing)

拒否権

きょひけん

right of veto

拒食症

きょしょくしょう

anorexia

拒否反応

きょひはんのう

rejection

拒否処分

きょひしょぶん

(judicial) denial

拒止

きょし

refusal

拒食

きょしょく

refusing food

廃絶

はいぜつ

abolition

Example Sentences

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The demand was summarily rejected.

The chairman rejected his absurd proposal.

My credit card was rejected by the ATM.

She cannot have turned down his offer.

I don't know whether she believed me or not but in any case it seems she doesn't automatically dismiss talk of the supernatural.

Suffering from terminal cancer, he was thrown out of a certain veteran hospital in New York three times because he adamantly rejected blood transfusions.

It drew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy, who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.