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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
- —断トツfar and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
- —截断面(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); transverse section; cutting plane
- —断末摩one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
- —截断機cutter; cutting machine; guillotine
- —不断着everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
- —断裁器cutting machine; paper cutter; guillotine
- —断々乎firm; resolute; absolutely
- —断断固firm; resolute; absolutely
- —断断乎firm; resolute; absolutely
- —不断草Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
- —剪断箱shear box
- —断捨利decluttering; clearing out past accumulation; minimalism
- —剪断機shearing machine; shearer
- —言語同断outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
- —判断規準evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
- —断郊競争cross-country race
- —剪断剛性shear modulus
- —剪断強さshear strength
- —剪断強度shear strength
- —剪断破壊shear failure
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