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否決 (ひけつ): rejection, negation, voting down — Japanese vocabulary

否決 is read ひけつ and means "rejection, negation, voting down". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

否決

Reading
ひけつ · hiketsu
Translation
rejection, negation, voting down
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ひけつが

Example

議案はたぶん否決されるだろう。

ぎあんはたぶんひけつされるだろう。

The chances are that the bill will be rejected.

Kanji in this word

  • 否 — Negate, No, Noes
  • 決 — decide, determine

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