断だん念ねん

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断念する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	断だん念ねんする	断だん念ねんしない
Polite	断だん念ねんします	断だん念ねんしません
Past polite	断だん念ねんしました	断だん念ねんしませんでした
Past	断だん念ねんした	断だん念ねんしなかった
Te-form	断だん念ねんして	断だん念ねんしないで
Desire	断だん念ねんしたい	断だん念ねんしたくない
Potential	断だん念ねんできる	断だん念ねんできない
Passive	断だん念ねんされる	断だん念ねんされない
Causative	断だん念ねんさせる	断だん念ねんさせない
Causative passive	断だん念ねんさせられる	断だん念ねんさせられない
Volitional	断だん念ねんしよう
Polite volitional	断だん念ねんしましょう
Imperative	断だん念ねんしろ	断だん念ねんするな
Conditional	断だん念ねんすれば	断だん念ねんしなければ
Tara conditional	断だん念ねんしたら	断だん念ねんしなかったら

Meanings

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

abandon; give up; renounce

Used for deliberately abandoning a hope, plan, intention, or desire, often after consideration. Common in formal and written contexts.

彼かれは留りゅう学がくの計けい画かくを断だん念ねんした。
He gave up his plan to study abroad.
会かい社しゃは新しん製せい品ひんの開かい発はつを断だん念ねんせざるを得えなかった。
The company had no choice but to abandon development of the new product.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を断だん念ねんするto give up on (a plan, dream, etc.)
彼かれは資し金きん不ぶ足そくでその計けい画かくを断だん念ねんした。
He gave up on the plan due to a lack of funds.
〈事こと〉を断だん念ねんせざるを得えないto have no choice but to abandon (a plan, hope, etc.)
天てん候こう不ふ良りょうで登と山ざんを断だん念ねんせざるを得えなかった。
Due to bad weather, we had no choice but to give up on climbing the mountain.
断だん念ねんに追おい込こまれるto be forced into giving something up
資し金きん繰ぐりの悪あっ化かで事じ業ぎょう拡かく大だいは断だん念ねんに追おい込こまれた。
Worsening cash flow forced the company to give up on expanding the business.

Kanji

断severance, decline, refuse
念wish, sense, idea

Related words· 10

諦あきらめるN4
諦める is the common, everyday verb for giving up on something, while 断念 is a more formal noun implying a deliberate, considered decision to abandon a plan or hope.
放ほう棄きN1
放棄 means to relinquish or renounce a right, claim, or responsibility, whereas 断念 focuses on giving up a hope, plan, or desire after weighing the options.
見み送おくるN3
見送る often means to postpone or pass on something for now, while 断念 implies a more final, definitive abandonment of a plan.
諦あきらめN1
断念 is a more formal noun for abandoning a specific plan or goal, while 諦め is the broader everyday word for the emotional state of giving up or accepting something.

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見み切きり
断念 is a formal, often single-decision act of giving up a plan or goal, whereas 見切り suggests an evaluative process leading to abandonment.
ギブアップ
断念 is a formal, written word for abandoning a plan or hope, whereas ギブアップ is a casual spoken term for quitting mid-task.
思おもいとどまるN1
断念する is a more formal, decisive abandonment of a plan or desire, while 思いとどまる is softer, implying a change of heart or heeding advice.
よすN3
断念する means to give up on a plan or hope with a sense of resignation, while 止す is a plain, casual word for simply stopping or quitting an action.
挫ざ折せつ
断念 is the deliberate act of giving up on something after deciding it's hopeless, whereas 挫折 is the experience of being thwarted, often against one's will.
投なげ出だすN1
断念する is a formal word for giving up a plan or goal, whereas 投げ出す is more everyday and implies leaving something midway.

Opposites· 5

完かん遂すい
断念 means giving up on an undertaking partway through, the opposite of 完遂 which means carrying it through to completion.
試こころみるN2
断念する means to give up or abandon an idea, the opposite of 試みる, which means to make an attempt at it.
敢かん行こう
断念 means to give up or abandon a plan, the opposite of 敢行, which means to resolutely carry it out.

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追つい求きゅうN1
追求 means to actively pursue a goal, while 断念 means to give up on or abandon that goal.
貫かん徹てつ
断念 means abandoning a plan or goal, whereas 貫徹 means seeing that same plan or goal through to completion.

Etymology

Compound of 断 (cut off, sever) and 念 (thought, wish), literally 'to cut off one's thoughts'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of abandoning an intention.