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断 kanji
severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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ダン
Kun readings
たつことわるさだめる
Variant forms
斷Words with 断
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —断層地震dislocation earthquake; fault earthquake
- —地震断層earthquake fault
- —断層山地fault-block mountains
- —断層運動fault movement; fault motion; faulting
- —断層山脈fault-block mountains
- —断層地形fault topography
- —断層盆地fault basin
- —断層海岸fault coast
- —断層粘土fault gouge; fault clay
- —衝上断層thrust fault
- —無断欠席truancy; absence without leave
- —無断欠勤absence from work without permission
- —鑑別診断differential diagnosis
- —脊髄切断spinalization; cordotomy
- —分断選択disruptive selection
- —断固反対violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
- —油断禁物be on your guard; negligence is the enemy
- —国交断絶breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break
- —横断切片transverse section
- —油断なくalertly; vigilantly; warily; diligently; attentively
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