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諦める (あきらめる, akirameru) Japanese meaning: give up | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 諦める · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 諦あきら める 諦あきら めない Polite 諦あきら めます 諦あきら めません Past polite 諦あきら めました 諦あきら めませんでした Past 諦あきら めた 諦あきら めなかった Te-form 諦あきら めて 諦あきら めないで Desire 諦あきら めたい 諦あきら めたくない Potential 諦あきら められる also 諦あきら めれる 諦あきら められない also 諦あきら めれない Passive 諦あきら められる 諦あきら められない Causative 諦あきら めさせる 諦あきら めさせない Causative passive 諦あきら めさせられる 諦あきら めさせられない Volitional 諦あきら めよう Polite volitional 諦あきら めましょう Imperative 諦あきら めろ 諦あきら めるな Conditional 諦あきら めれば 諦あきら めなければ Tara conditional 諦あきら めたら 諦あきら めなかったら
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He gave up his dream and took over the family business.
You should give up on her coming; it's not going to happen.
The doctor said recovery would be difficult, but the family hadn't given up yet.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 諦あきら める to give up on something (a dream, plan, hope)
He gave up his dream of becoming a professional baseball player.
〈 動どう 詞し 〉 のを 諦あきら める to give up (doing) something
I gave up trying to persuade him.
〈 人ひと 〉 のことを 諦あきら める to give up on someone (romantically)
諦あきら めずに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something without giving up
I kept trying without giving up until the end.
Expressions· 7 諦あきら めつく resign oneself; accept; give up 諦あきら めがいい knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; being a good loser 諦あきら めが 悪わる い not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; unable to let things go あきらめのいい knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; being a good loser Show 2 more 諦あきら めの 境きょう 地ち state of resignation; point of accepting one's fate 諦あきら めの 悪わる い not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; unable to let things go Related words· 11 断念する is more formal and decisive, often used for officially abandoning a plan after careful thought, while 諦める is the everyday word for giving up on a hope or goal.
放棄する is a formal/legal term for renouncing rights, property, or duties, whereas 諦める carries emotional weight and is used for personal hopes or goals.
投げ出す implies quitting halfway with a negative sense of irresponsibility, while 諦める is more neutral, simply meaning to stop pursuing something impossible.
諦める is a general word for giving up on something, while 思い切る emphasizes deliberately cutting off lingering attachment or hesitation.
Show 7 more 諦める means to give up on something mentally or emotionally, while 投げる (in its 'give up' sense) more often implies quitting an ongoing task or contest abruptly.
諦める is the general verb for giving up on any goal or hope, while 降参する specifically frames the situation as losing to an opponent or challenge.
諦める is the native Japanese verb for giving up on something, while ギブアップ is a casual loanword often used in games or sports.
Opposites· 8 頑張る means to keep trying hard, the opposite of 諦める, which means to stop trying and let go.
諦める means to give up, the direct opposite of 粘る's sense of stubbornly holding on and not quitting.
諦める means to give up, the direct opposite of 食い下がる's sense of refusing to back down.
Show 5 more Don't confuse with 諦める (give up on a goal) and 飽きる (get tired of/bored with something) sound similar and share the root あき-, but they describe different feelings.
諦める (to give up) sounds similar to 崇める (to revere) but has an entirely unrelated meaning, so learners often mix them up by ear.
Written forms 諦あきら める Usage 48%
Standard kanji spelling; the kanji 諦 is a 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji) and this is the most common written form.
あきらめる Usage 52%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing, children's materials, and when the kanji is considered difficult.
Etymology Derived from the verb 明らむ (あきらむ, 'to become clear') with the sense of 'to see clearly and let go'. The kanji 諦 is a phono-semantic compound: 言 (speech) + 帝 (emperor, also phonetic テイ), originally meaning 'to examine' or 'to ascertain', later extended to 'to give up after clear understanding'.
諦める means to give up on something after trying or hoping, often with resignation, while 思いとどまる means to stop yourself before starting or continuing a plan, often after reconsideration.
諦める means to give up on something entirely, whereas 引き下がる focuses on withdrawing from an argument or confrontation without necessarily abandoning the underlying goal.
諦める means to give up on a goal or hope with resignation, while 見限る is a more active, final decision that someone or something is no longer worth one's trust.
諦める means to give up on one's own goal or hope; 見捨てる is about abandoning someone or something external rather than just stopping one's own effort.
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諦める means to give up, the direct opposite of 踏ん張る's sense of holding out and refusing to yield.
諦める means to give up on something, the direct opposite of やり通す's meaning of persisting until completion.
諦める means to give up partway through, the opposite of やり遂げる, which means to see something through to completion.
諦める means to give up, the opposite of 貫き通す's sense of persisting with something to the end.
諦める means to give up on a difficult goal, contrasting with 挑む's sense of actively tackling it.
