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放棄

抛棄

Reading

Kana: ほうき
Romaji: houki
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Definition

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abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る
Meanings: set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Readings: キ、 す.てる
Meanings: abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice
Readings: ホウ、 なげう.つ
Meaning: hurl

Example Sentences

その計画(けいかく)放棄(ほうき)された。
➥The plans were discarded.
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乗組員(のりくみいん)はその(ふね)放棄(ほうき)した。
➥The crew abandoned the ship.
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日本(にっぽん)国民(こくみん)戦争(せんそう)放棄(ほうき)している。
➥The Japanese people have renounced war.
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(かれ)はその(かんが)えを放棄(ほうき)した。
➥He abandoned the idea.
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会社(かいしゃ)はその計画(けいかく)放棄(ほうき)した。
➥The company abandoned that project.
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(かれ)はその土地(とち)所有権(しょゆうけん)放棄(ほうき)した。
➥He renounced the ownership of the land.
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