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Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsnegate, no, noes, refuse, decline
On'yomi
Kun'yomiいな、いや
Strokes7
Radical

Compounds

  • no!, no no!, no, not at all

  • propriety, right and wrong, advisability, possibility

  • refusal, rejection, denial, veto

  • right of veto

Example sentences

  • You should have refused such an unfair proposal.

  • To work all night, or not.

  • I considered doing something like blocking edits based on a blacklist.

  • The troops refused to obey the command.

  • The troops refused to obey the command.

  • Even though we're engaged, she wouldn't let me kiss her.

  • She sat just behind the seats for whites, and then refused to give up her seat to a white passenger who got on the bus after her.

  • She refused to accept the money.