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放棄ほうき (houki)

abandonment, renunciation, abdication (responsibility right)

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 1
  • #4519 most frequent

Meaning

放棄 (ほうき, houki) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “abandonment, renunciation, abdication (responsibility right)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

私わたしは家いえの相続そうぞく権けんを放棄ほうきしました

I abandoned the inheritance rights to the house.

その計画けいかくは放棄ほうきされた。

The plans were discarded.

彼かれはその考かんがえを放棄ほうきした。

He abandoned the idea.

会社かいしゃはその計画けいかくを放棄ほうきした。

The company abandoned that project.

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