Moto 断: Severance; Decline; RefuseKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ダン
- Kun'yomi
- た(つ)、ことわ(る)、さだ(める)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 401 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ダン)
- 判断はんだんjudgment; judgement
- 決断けつだんdecision; determination
- 診断しんだんdiagnosis; medical examination
- 断だんdecision; judgment
- 断念だんねんabandoning (hope, plans); giving up
- 予断よだんprediction; prejudgment
- 断言だんげんassertion; declaration
- 横断おうだんcrossing; traversing
- 中断ちゅうだんinterruption; suspension
- 断固だんこfirm; determined
- 断続だんぞくintermittence; being intermittent
- 無断むだんwithout permission; without notice
- 断層だんそうfault; dislocation
- 断行だんこうdecisive action; carrying out
- 独断どくだんone's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others
- 断熱だんねつinsulation
- 断面だんめんsection; cross section
- 断然だんぜんfirmly; absolutely
- 横断幕おうだんまくhorizontal banner
- 断食だんじきfasting; fast
- 断じてだんじてabsolutely; positively
- 断定だんていconclusion; decision
- 断水だんすいsuspension of water supply; water outage
- 断絶だんぜつextinction; discontinuation
- 油断ゆだんnegligence; carelessness
- 遮断器しゃだんきcircuit breaker
- 遮断機しゃだんき(railway) crossing gate; barrier (at a toll booth, parking lot, etc.)
- 寸断すんだんcutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
- 不断ふだんconstant; persistent
- 横断歩道おうだんほどうpedestrian crossing; crosswalk
- 縦断じゅうだんrunning through (north-south); cutting across
- 一刀両断いっとうりょうだんcutting in two with a single stroke
- 価値判断かちはんだんvalue judgement; value judgment
- 健康診断けんこうしんだんphysical examination
- 優柔不断ゆうじゅうふだんindecisiveness; shilly-shally
- 切断せつだんcutting; severance
- 勇断ゆうだんresolute decision
- 即断そくだんprompt decision; snap judgement
- 断交だんこうbreaking off relations (esp. between countries)
- 断崖だんがいprecipice; cliff
- 断末魔だんまつまone's last moments; death throes
- 断罪だんざいjudgment (of a crime); conviction
- 断腸だんちょうheartbreak; grief
- 果断かだんdecisive; resolute
- 独断専行どくだんせんこうacting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
- 禁断きんだんprohibition; interdiction
- 英断えいだんfirm decision; decisive measure
- 裁断さいだんcutting (cloth, paper)
- 言語道断ごんごどうだんoutrageous; preposterous
- 遮断しゃだんisolation; cut off
- 間断かんだんbreak in time; interruption
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 断らずことわらずwithout permission
- 断ることわるto refuse; to reject
- 断つたつto sever; to cut off
- 断りことわりnotice; notification
- 断ち切るたちきるto cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.)
- お断りおことわりdeclining; nonacceptance
Other readings
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