Japanese symbol for “refusing”
願い下げ
ねがいさげ
Romaji: negaisage
cancellation; withdrawal
In Japanese, refusing is 願い下げ, read ねがいさげ (negaisage).
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Meanings
- n cancellation; withdrawal
- n asking to be excused; begging off; not taking; refusing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “refusing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辞儀 | じぎ jigi | declining; refusing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 願い | ねがい negai | desire; wish; hope |
| 願望 | がんぼう ganbou | desire; wish; aspiration |
| 念願 | ねんがん nengan | one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish |
| 出願 | しゅつがん shutsugan | application; filing an application |
| 願う | ねがう negau | to desire; to wish; to hope |
| 祈願 | きがん kigan | prayer (for something); supplication |
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 地下 | ちか chika | underground; below the ground |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.