お断り【おことわり】
Frequency rank: 12,334. – 12,366.
- declining; refusal; rejection; non-acceptancepolite (teineigo) languagesee also 断り
- announcement; noticepolite (teineigo) language
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- declining; refusal; rejection; non-acceptance
- announcement; notice
This meaning refers to the act of politely declining an offer or invitation. It's often used in social situations where one needs to say no to something.
This meaning is used when referring to a formal communication, often about important information or instructions to be conveyed to a group.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おことわりお断りをするto declineおことわりお断りのれんらく連絡notice of refusalていちょう丁重なおことわり断りcourteous refusalおことわりお断りのめえるメールrefusal emailおことわりお断りをいれる入れるto give a notice of refusalおことわり断りもうしあげます申し上げますI must decline (formal)おことわりお断りのてがみ手紙letter of rejectionおことわりお断りをうける受けるto accept a refusalそっこく即刻のおことわり断りimmediate refusalおことわりお断りのさい際のちゅうい注意cautions when declining
Example sentences
9 results
Would you please stop singing so loudly? This is not a cheap drinking place.