破棄

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
破毀

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

    Noun

    ()() • (haki) 

    1. destruction (of a recorded material)
      書類(しょるい)破棄(はき)(めい)じた。
      Shorui no haki o meijita.
      They ordered the destruction of documents.
    2. annulment, cancellation, nullification, reversal (of a contract, treaty, etc.)
      市民(しみん)たち(にし)合併(がっぺい)破棄(はき)要求(ようきゅう)した
      Shimintachi wa nishi no gappei no haki o yōkyū shita.
      Citizens demanded the annulment of the combination of two cities.

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    Verb

    ()()する • (haki suru) suru (stem ()() (haki shi), past ()()した (haki shita))

    1. destroy (a recorded material)
    2. annul, cancel, nullify, reverse

    Conjugation

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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