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棄却 (ききゃく, kikyaku) Japanese meaning: rejection | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 棄却する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 棄き 却きゃく する 棄き 却きゃく しない Polite 棄き 却きゃく します 棄き 却きゃく しません Past polite 棄き 却きゃく しました 棄き 却きゃく しませんでした Past 棄き 却きゃく した 棄き 却きゃく しなかった Te-form 棄き 却きゃく して 棄き 却きゃく しないで Desire 棄き 却きゃく したい 棄き 却きゃく したくない Potential 棄き 却きゃく できる 棄き 却きゃく できない Passive 棄き 却きゃく される 棄き 却きゃく されない Causative 棄き 却きゃく させる 棄き 却きゃく させない Causative passive 棄き 却きゃく させられる 棄き 却きゃく させられない Volitional 棄き 却きゃく しよう Polite volitional 棄き 却きゃく しましょう Imperative 棄き 却きゃく しろ 棄き 却きゃく するな Conditional 棄き 却きゃく すれば 棄き 却きゃく しなければ Tara conditional 棄き 却きゃく したら 棄き 却きゃく しなかったら
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ばん
所しょ
は
原げん
告こく
の
訴うった
え
を
棄き
却きゃく
し
た
。
The court dismissed the plaintiff's claim.
The Patent Office issued a decision rejecting the application.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 棄き 却きゃく する to dismiss/reject a claim, motion, or appeal
The court dismissed the suit.
〈 事こと 〉 が 棄き 却きゃく される for a claim, motion, or appeal to be dismissed
The final appeal was dismissed.
Kanji 棄 abandon, throw away, discard 却 instead, on the contrary, rather Related words 却下 is a formal rejection without examining the merits (e.g. an application), while 棄却 usually follows a substantive review of a claim's merits.
拒否 is a general word for refusal usable in everyday life, whereas 棄却 is restricted to formal legal or procedural dismissal.
Don't confuse with 棄権 shares the kanji 棄 with 棄却 but means abstaining from a vote or withdrawing from a contest, not dismissing a claim.
棄却 refers to a court dismissing or rejecting a claim, while 遺棄 refers to abandoning a person, animal, or object; both share the kanji 棄 but mean very different legal acts.
Etymology Compound of 棄 (abandon, discard) and 却 (withdraw, reject). The combination conveys formal rejection or abandonment, consistent with its use in legal and official terminology.
