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    3. 放棄

    放棄

    放ほう棄き

    abandonment

    N1KMT6News #9+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab21 strokes

    抛棄

    ほうき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    abandonment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, abdication, surrender, relinquishing, waiving, giving up

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    彼かれはその権けん利りを放ほう棄きした。

    He abandoned that right.

    KMT5Core Concepts
    夢ゆめを放ほう棄きするのは簡かん単たんではない。

    It's not easy to give up on a dream.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは選せん挙きょへの立りっ候こう補ほを放ほう棄きした。

    He renounced his candidacy for the election.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    責せき任にんを放ほう棄きすることは、リーダーとして許ゆるされない行こう為いだ。

    Abandoning responsibility is an unforgivable act for a leader.

    KMT7Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    その国くには核かく兵へい器きの開かい発はつを放ほう棄きすると発はっ表ぴょうした。

    That country announced it would abandon the development of nuclear weapons.

    KMT7Politics & LawMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    放
    はな.す・-っぱな.し・はな.つ・はな.れる・こ.く・ほう.る…(2)
    set free・release・fire・shoot・emit…(2)
    棄
    す.てる…(1)
    abandon・throw away・discard・resign・reject…(1)
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