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Japanese word 放棄: abandonment / renunciation / giving up. Meanings and example sentences.

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放棄 (ほうき): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

放棄 (ほうき) means abandonment / renunciation / giving up.

See example sentences below.

放棄 at a glance

放棄
ほうきhouki
N1noun
abandonment / renunciation / giving up
放棄ほうきhoukiN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 放棄

Core meaning

abandonment / renunciation / giving up

Basic example sentences

Example 1

彼は権利を放棄した。

Translation

He gave up his rights.

Example 2

責任を放棄するのはよくない。

Translation

It's not good to abandon responsibility.

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