却きゃっ下か

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却下する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	却きゃっ下かする	却きゃっ下かしない
Polite	却きゃっ下かします	却きゃっ下かしません
Past polite	却きゃっ下かしました	却きゃっ下かしませんでした
Past	却きゃっ下かした	却きゃっ下かしなかった
Te-form	却きゃっ下かして	却きゃっ下かしないで
Desire	却きゃっ下かしたい	却きゃっ下かしたくない
Potential	却きゃっ下かできる	却きゃっ下かできない
Passive	却きゃっ下かされる	却きゃっ下かされない
Causative	却きゃっ下かさせる	却きゃっ下かさせない
Causative passive	却きゃっ下かさせられる	却きゃっ下かさせられない
Volitional	却きゃっ下かしよう
Polite volitional	却きゃっ下かしましょう
Imperative	却きゃっ下かしろ	却きゃっ下かするな
Conditional	却きゃっ下かすれば	却きゃっ下かしなければ
Tara conditional	却きゃっ下かしたら	却きゃっ下かしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rejection; dismissal

Formal term for rejecting a proposal, motion, application, or appeal, often in legal, administrative, or official contexts. Used as a noun or with する.

裁さい判ばん所しょは彼かれの訴うったえを却きゃっ下かした。
The court dismissed his claim.
申しん請せいが却きゃっ下かされた理り由ゆうを教おしえてください。
Please tell me the reason my application was rejected.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を却きゃっ下かするto reject/dismiss (a request, appeal, application)
裁さい判ばん所しょは控こう訴そを却きゃっ下かした。
The court dismissed the appeal.
〈人ひと〉に却きゃっ下かされるto have something rejected by someone (an official, office, etc.)
彼かれの申しん請せいは市し役やく所しょに却きゃっ下かされた。
His application was rejected by the city office.
異い議ぎを却きゃっ下かするto dismiss an objection
弁べん護ご士しの異い議ぎは却きゃっ下かされた。
The lawyer's objection was dismissed.

Kanji

却instead, on the contrary, rather
下below, down, descend

Related words

拒きょ否ひN2
拒否 is a general word for refusing or denying something, while 却下 specifically refers to the formal rejection of an official submission like an application or appeal.
棄き却きゃくN1
棄却 is a legal term used mainly for courts dismissing a case, whereas 却下 covers both legal and administrative rejections such as denying an application.
否ひ決けつN1
否決 refers to voting down a motion or bill in a meeting, while 却下 refers to formally rejecting a submitted request, application, or appeal.
拒きょ絶ぜつN1
却下 specifically refers to an official body dismissing or rejecting a request or appeal, whereas 拒絶 covers rejection in general, including personal refusal.

Opposites

受じゅ理り
受理 means to officially accept and process a submitted document, which is the opposite of 却下, meaning to reject it.
決けっ裁さい
却下 means rejection or dismissal of a request, the opposite outcome to 決裁, which means the request is approved.
認にん可かN1
却下 means an application is rejected or dismissed, the opposite of 認可, which means it is officially approved.

Etymology

Compound of 却 (retreat, reject) and 下 (down, lower), conveying the idea of pushing something back or down. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with official rejection.