Word Meaning 棄却

ききゃく kikyaku

棄却 is read as ききゃく (kikyaku) and means rejection.

Meaning

English

  1. rejection
  2. dismissal
  3. turning down
  4. abandoning
  5. renunciation

Reading

Kana

ききゃく

Romaji

kikyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 5763 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

控訴棄却

こうそききゃく

dismissal of an intermediate appeal

廃棄物焼却炉

はいきぶつしょうきゃくろ

waste-incineration plant

棄権

きけん

abstention (from voting)

棄損

きそん

damage

棄民

きみん

abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

棄市

きし

execution by decapitation followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China)

棄言葉

すてことば

sharp parting remark

棄約

きやく

breaking a promise

棄世

きせい

death

棄教

ききょう

apostasy

返却

へんきゃく

return of something

忘却

ぼうきゃく

lapse of memory

Example Sentences

1

さいばんしょはそのうったえをききゃくした。

the court rejected the claim.