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否定 (ひてい): negation, denial — Japanese vocabulary

否定 is read ひてい and means "negation, denial". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

否定

Reading
ひてい · hitei
Translation
negation, denial
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ひていが

Example

彼は彼女に会ったことを否定した。

かれはかのじょにあったことをひていした。

He denied having met her.

Kanji in this word

  • 否 — Negate, No, Noes
  • 定 — fix, decide

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