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免除 (めんじょ, menjo) Japanese meaning: exemption | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 免除する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 免めん 除じょ する 免めん 除じょ しない Polite 免めん 除じょ します 免めん 除じょ しません Past polite 免めん 除じょ しました 免めん 除じょ しませんでした Past 免めん 除じょ した 免めん 除じょ しなかった Te-form 免めん 除じょ して 免めん 除じょ しないで Desire 免めん 除じょ したい 免めん 除じょ したくない Potential 免めん 除じょ できる 免めん 除じょ できない Passive 免めん 除じょ される 免めん 除じょ されない Causative 免めん 除じょ させる 免めん 除じょ させない Causative passive 免めん 除じょ させられる 免めん 除じょ させられない Volitional 免めん 除じょ しよう Polite volitional 免めん 除じょ しましょう Imperative 免めん 除じょ しろ 免めん 除じょ するな Conditional 免めん 除じょ すれば 免めん 除じょ しなければ Tara conditional 免めん 除じょ したら 免めん 除じょ しなかったら
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受う
ける
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I had my tuition fees waived.
He was exempted from military service.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 〈 事こと 〉 から 免めん 除じょ する to exempt someone from something
He was exempted from PE class for health reasons.
〈 事こと 〉 が 免めん 除じょ される for an obligation to be exempted/waived
Students with excellent grades have their entrance fee waived.
〈 事こと 〉 の 免めん 除じょ を 受う ける to receive an exemption from something
Residents in the disaster-hit area received a tax exemption.
Kanji 除 exclude, division (x/3), remove Related words 免除 is a noun/suru-verb for being officially granted exemption from an obligation, while 免れる is a verb meaning to escape or avoid something undesirable on one's own effort.
免除 waives an obligation entirely, whereas 控除 only reduces an amount, as in a tax deduction.
免除 permanently cancels an obligation, while 猶予 merely postpones it to a later date.
免除 means complete exemption or release from an obligation, while 減免 covers both partial reduction and full exemption.
免除 is the general word for being excused from an obligation (tax, duty, fee), while 免責 specifically means exemption from legal or financial responsibility.
Opposites 免除する means to exempt someone from a duty or payment, the opposite of 課する which means to impose one.
免除する means to exempt someone from an obligation, the opposite of 課す, which means to impose one.
免除 means being exempted from a payment or obligation, the opposite of 追徴, which means having an extra amount collected.
免除 means being exempted from a duty or fee, the opposite of 賦課, which means having one imposed.
Don't confuse with· 5 免除 is a general term for exemption from any obligation, while 免税 specifically refers to exemption from tax.
免除 (exemption) and 免許 (license) share the kanji 免 but are unrelated in meaning—one waives a duty, the other grants a qualification.
免除 means being exempted from an obligation entirely, while 控除 means only a partial subtraction from an amount, not a full waiver.
Show 2 more Etymology Compound of 免 (めん, 'exemption, dismissal') and 除 (じょ, 'removal, exclusion'). The combination conveys the idea of removing an obligation.
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免除する is what an authority does to formally exempt someone from an obligation, while 免れる is what the person does (or experiences) in avoiding it.
免除 means being exempted from an obligation or duty, while 免疫 means having immunity to a disease or being hardened to something unpleasant.
