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却

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • instead
  • on the contrary
  • rather
  • step back
  • withdraw
  • retreat

On'yomi (音読み)

  • キャク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • かえ.って
  • しりぞ.く
  • しりぞ.ける
Strokes
7
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1194
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
卩#26 · seal

Components

Common Words

  • 売却ばいきゃくNoun
    selling off, disposal by sale, sale
  • 冷却れいきゃくNoun
    cooling, refrigeration
  • 償却しょうきゃくNoun
    repayment, redemption
  • 焼却しょうきゃくNoun
    incineration, destruction by fire
  • 脱却だっきゃくNoun
    ridding oneself, freeing oneself of, growing out of
  • 棄却ききゃくNoun
    rejection, dismissal, turning down
  • 忘却ぼうきゃくNoun
    lapse of memory, forgetting completely, (consigning to) oblivion
  • 返却へんきゃくNoun
    return (of something borrowed or entrusted), returning, giving back

Practice in Kanjiru

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