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断言 (だんげん): assertion, declaration, affirmation — Japanese vocabulary

断言 is read だんげん and means "assertion, declaration, affirmation". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

断言

Reading
だんげん · dangen
Translation
assertion, declaration, affirmation
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
だんげんがだんげんが

Example

彼はその衝突を見たと断言した。

かれはそのしょうとつをみたとだんげんした。

He affirmed that he saw the crash.

Kanji in this word

  • 断 — cut off, refuse
  • 言 — say, word

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