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放棄する

放棄

See also: 放弃

Chinese

 
to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
 
abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
trad. (放棄)
simp. (放弃)

Verb

放棄

  1. to give up; to renounce; to abandon

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 3

Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

放棄 (hiragana ほうき, romaji hōki, historical hiragana はうき)

  1. abandonment, giving up
  2. renunciation

Antonyms

Verb

放棄する (hiragana ほうきする, romaji hōki suru, historical hiragana はうきする)

  1. abandon, give up
    核施設 (かくしせつ)放棄 (ほうき)する
    Kaku shisetsu o hōki suru.
    abandon a nuclear plant
  2. renounce

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9