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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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On readings
ダン
Kun readings
たつことわるさだめる
Variant forms
斷Words with 断
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —診断基準diagnostic criteria; diagnostic standard
- —違憲判断finding of unconstitutionality; ruling of unconstitutionality
- —無断借用unauthorized borrowing; borrowing without permission; unauthorized use; misappropriation; plagiarism
- —無断使用unauthorized use; unauthorized usage; use without permission
- —死亡診断書death certificate
- —大西洋横断trans-Atlantic; trans-Atlantic crossing
- —断腸の思いheartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
- —微分断面積differential cross-section
- —剪断安定性shear stability
- —回路遮断機circuit breaker
- —せん断剛性shear modulus
- —せん断強さshear strength
- —せん断強度shear strength
- —せん断破壊shear failure
- —アーク切断arc cutting
- —健康診断書health certificate
- —太平洋横断trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing
- —断続平衡説punctuated equilibrium (theory of evolutionary biology)
- —縦ずれ断層dip-slip fault
- —横ずれ断層strike-slip fault
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