Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N3
338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 11
Meaning: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Kunyomi: た.つ ことわ.る さだ.める
Onyomi: ダン
Composition: 斤
Radical: 斤
Reading: おのづくり
Meaning: axe
Strokes: 4
断食(だんじき) fasting
断面(だんめん) cross-section
横断歩道(おうだんほどう) pedestrian crossing
断続的な(だんぞくてきな) intermittent
断定的な(だんていてきな) assertive
判断する(はんだんする) judge [v.i.]
決断する(けつだんする) decide
中断する(ちゅうだんする) interrupt, break off
油断する(ゆだんする) neglect, be off guard [v.i.]
診断する(しんだんする) diagnose
断つ(たつ) cut off, sever, abstain from
断る(ことわる) refuse, decline
断 (ダン) decision, judgment, resolution
断言 (ダンゲン) assertion, declaration, affirmation
独断 (ドクダン) one's own judgement (judgment), decision made without consulting others, arbitrary decision, dogmatism
縦断 (ジュウダン) running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
断つ (たつ) to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
断る (ことわる) to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline, to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance, to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
断るまでもなく (ことわるまでもなく) needless to say
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N3
338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 11
Meaning: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Kunyomi: た.つ ことわ.る さだ.める
Onyomi: ダン
Composition: 斤
Radical: 斤
Reading: おのづくり
Meaning: axe
Strokes: 4
断食(だんじき) fasting
断面(だんめん) cross-section
横断歩道(おうだんほどう) pedestrian crossing
断続的な(だんぞくてきな) intermittent
断定的な(だんていてきな) assertive
判断する(はんだんする) judge [v.i.]
決断する(けつだんする) decide
中断する(ちゅうだんする) interrupt, break off
油断する(ゆだんする) neglect, be off guard [v.i.]
診断する(しんだんする) diagnose
断つ(たつ) cut off, sever, abstain from
断る(ことわる) refuse, decline
断 (ダン) decision, judgment, resolution
断言 (ダンゲン) assertion, declaration, affirmation
独断 (ドクダン) one's own judgement (judgment), decision made without consulting others, arbitrary decision, dogmatism
縦断 (ジュウダン) running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
断つ (たつ) to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
断る (ことわる) to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline, to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance, to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
断るまでもなく (ことわるまでもなく) needless to say