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    3. 体よく断る

    体よく断る

    体ていよ​く​断ことわる​

    to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them

    NTVerbDaily LifeKanji Vocab22 strokes

    体良く断る

    ていよくことわる

    Verb

    1.
    to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them, to refuse gracefully, to decline politely

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    Characters that make up this word

    体
    からだ・かたち…(3)
    body・substance・object・reality・counter for images
    Kanji
    断
    た.つ・ことわ.る・さだ.める…(1)
    severance・decline・refuse・apologize・warn…(5)
    Kanji
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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