Word Meaning 断念

だんねん dannen

断念 is read as だんねん (dannen) and means abandoning (hope, plans).

Meaning

English

  1. abandoning (hope, plans)
  2. giving up

Reading

Kana

だんねん

Romaji

dannen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 執着 Rank 4173 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

断つ

たつ

to abstain (from)

断る

ことわる

to ask leave

断定

だんてい

affirmative

断水

だんすい

suspension of water supply

断然

だんぜん

definitely (wrong, different, etc.)

断じて

だんじて

absolutely

断絶

だんぜつ

extinction (e.g. of a family)

断言

だんげん

assertion

だん

decision

断続

だんぞく

intermittence

断行

だんこう

decisive action

断らず

ことわらず

without permission

Example Sentences

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Why did you give up?

We gave up the plan.

He abandoned the plan.

They abandoned the plan.

He gave up the plan for economic reasons.

In the end the bill was forced into being withdrawn.

Today's paper reports that the premier has given up the idea of visiting America.

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.