Meaning

Primary

To Refuse

Alternative

To Reject

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means refuse and the verb vocab version is to refuse.

Reading

こばむ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

What are you refusing? You are refusing a child, because children are all bad. You say " bad, bad" over and over again.

Context

Context Sentences

私のかかりつけのお医者さんは、私が大腸癌検査を受けるのを拒みました。

My family doctor refused to let me get the colorectal cancer screening done.

Kanji Composition