🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

拒否された

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyōhi sareta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rejected/rɪˈdʒɛktɪd/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"提案は委員会によって拒否されました。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Dismissed or refused; not accepted.

    "The proposal was rejected by the committee after much deliberation."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of reject; to have dismissed or refused.

    "She felt disheartened after her application was rejected."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'rejected' originates from the Latin 'reiectus', the past participle of 'reicere', meaning 'to throw back'. It entered Middle English through Old French in the late 14th century, evolving to signify the act of dismissing or refusing something.

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