This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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放棄

抛棄
ほうき
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
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廃棄

はいき
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition; annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal
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破棄

破毀
はき
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty); reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement); discard; cancellation; repeal
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棄権

きけん
abstaining from voting; renunciation of a right; did not start (sport); DNS; defaulting
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棄却

ききゃく
rejection; dismissal; abandoning; renunciation; waiver
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遺棄

いき
abandonment; desertion
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投棄

とうき
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping
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捨てる

棄てる
v1
vt
すてる
to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard; to abandon; to desert; to leave; to give up; to resign
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自暴自棄

じぼうじき
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
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やけ食い

自棄食い
やけぐい
binge eating; stress eating