却下
きゃっか
rejection; dismissal
Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive
rejection; dismissal
Example sentences
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He turned down my application.
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The government turned down the request.
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The chairman rejected the proposal.
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The company rejected his request for a transfer.
そんな提案はすぐに却下されるだけだ。
Such a proposal would only be turned down immediately.
More examples (8)
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I thought it strange that the petition had been turned down.
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I regret to inform you that your application has been refused.
駐車許可を求める要求が却下されたことを、その職員はボブに知らせた。
The official informed Bob that his request for a parking permit had been rejected.
苦心惨憺の末、考え出した企画が、会議で一瞬にして却下されちゃうんだからな。
After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.
最終的な組み立て場所は、この提案が却下される前には決まっていませんでした。
The final assembly location had not been decided before this proposal was rejected.
あたしも賛成だから、三対一ね。というわけで、ハルカの反対意見は却下されました。
I'm also in favour so it's three to one. And thus your objection is overruled.
必死で考えた企画は却下、一生懸命作った本は売れない。山下さんは八方塞がりの状態に陥っている。
Yamashita is stuck with no way out. His well-thought-out project was rejected and the books he worked really hard on aren't selling.
女性の声が黙殺され、女性の希望は却下されていたその当時、彼女は女性が立ち上がり、声を上げ、選挙権を獲得するのを見ながら生きてきた。
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.