却

Meaning

却 centers on a reversal or turning away: stepping back, withdrawing, or doing something contrary to expectation. The core idea is a movement opposite to forward progress, which naturally extends to meanings like 'instead' or 'on the contrary'.

• 売却ばいきゃく

  selling off; disposal by sale; sale

• 冷却れいきゃく
  N1

  cooling; refrigeration

• 却ってかえって
  N2

  on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

• 却下きゃっか
  N1

  rejection; dismissal

• 返却へんきゃく
  N3

  return of something; repayment

• 焼却しょうきゃく

  incineration; destruction by fire

• 脱却だっきゃく

  ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing

• 退却たいきゃく

  retreat; withdrawal; retirement

• 忘却ぼうきゃく
  N1

  lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

• 棄却ききゃく
  N1

  rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation

• 償却しょうきゃく

  repayment; redemption

• 滅却めっきゃく

  extinguishment; destruction; effacement

• 阻却そきゃく

  rejection

• 焼却灰しょうきゃくばい

  incinerated ash; burned ash; ash

• 減価償却げんかしょうきゃく

  depreciation

• 冷却期間れいきゃくきかん

  cooling-off period

• ガス冷却炉ガスれいきゃくろ

  gas-cooled reactor

• ファン冷却式ファンれいきゃくしき

  fan-equipped cooling system; fan-cooled system

• リービヒ冷却器リービヒれいきゃくき

  Liebig condenser

• 一次冷却水いちじれいきゃくすい

  primary cooling water

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