破は棄き

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

破棄する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

tearing up and discarding; destruction

Physical destruction or disposal of documents, records, or physical items. Often used in official contexts.

Legal or formal cancellation of an agreement, contract, or obligation, making it null and void.

reversal; quashing

Legal term for overturning a lower court's decision on appeal.

〈物もの〉を破は棄きするto destroy/discard (documents, evidence, etc.)
警けい察さつは証しょう拠こを破は棄きした。
The police destroyed the evidence.
契けい約やくを破は棄きするto void/cancel a contract
会かい社しゃは一いっ方ぽう的てきに契けい約やくを破は棄きした。
The company unilaterally voided the contract.
原げん判はん決けつを破は棄きするto overturn/quash the original (lower court) ruling
最さい高こう裁さいは原げん判はん決けつを破は棄きした。
The Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling.
婚こん約やくを破は棄きするto break off an engagement
彼かれは突とつ然ぜん婚こん約やくを破は棄きした。
He suddenly broke off the engagement.

取とり消けしN3sense 2
取り消し is a broad, everyday word for cancelling or revoking something, while 破棄 is more formal and legalistic, used for voiding contracts or agreements.
破は壊かいN2sense 1
破壊 is a general word for physically destroying or wrecking something, whereas 破棄 specifically implies destroying (tearing up) documents or records, often with legal/official intent.
解かい約やくN1sense 2
解約 specifically means cancelling a contract (like a subscription or lease), while 破棄 is a stronger, more formal term for unilaterally voiding or tearing up an agreement.
隠いん滅めつ
破棄 means destroying or annulling documents or agreements, but lacks the sense of hiding that 隠滅 carries.
撤てっ回かいN1
破棄 means voiding or destroying a contract or document, whereas 撤回 is about retracting one's own declaration or plan.

履り行こう sense 2
履行 means fulfilling or carrying out a contract or obligation, the opposite of 破棄, which means voiding or breaking it.
維い持じN2sense 3
In legal appeals, 維持 means upholding a lower court's ruling, the opposite of 破棄, which means the higher court overturning it.
締てい約やく
破棄 means to abrogate or annul a treaty, the opposite process of 締約, which means to conclude or enter into one.
締てい結けつ
破棄 means to cancel or abrogate a treaty/contract, the direct opposite of 締結ing one.

廃はい棄きN1sense 1
廃棄 (はいき) means to discard something as waste (garbage, unused items), while 破棄 (はき) emphasizes tearing up/destroying documents or voiding a contract, and the two are easily confused because they look and sound similar.
放ほう棄きN1
破棄 means to nullify, cancel, or destroy (e.g. a contract or document), while 放棄 means to voluntarily give up a right or responsibility; the two share the kanji 棄 but differ in meaning.

Compound of 破 (ha, 'break, destroy') and 棄 (ki, 'discard, abandon'). The rare form 破毀 uses 毀 (ki, 'break, destroy') instead of 棄.