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断る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
断る
BOOST
Reading : ことわる   
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
2. to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance
3. to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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断る is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 45,000 (about 11,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1051 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5256
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 10 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
わたし
しょうたい
招待
ことわ
った

She refused my invitation.
かのじょ
彼女
わたし
ことわ
った

She refused to go with me.
かれ
われわれ
しょうたい
招待
ことわ
った

They declined our invitation.
ことわる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 219,000 (about 134,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 10 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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断わる
BOOST
Reading : ことわる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 57,000 (about 10,300,000 results)
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ダン   ことわ to refuse, to decline   た to cut off   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
shelf
キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
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