instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat

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かなか中々中中仲々仲仲却々却却Freq #405
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Adverb (fukushi); Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather

Examples
あいつは、なかなかいい奴だぜ!
He is a good joker.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Adverb (fukushi); With a verb in the negative

by no means; not readily

Examples
いまどき良い仕事はなかなか得がたいのを忘れないでね。
Don't forget that good jobs are very hard to come by these days.
3

Common noun

middle; half-way point

4

Word usually written using kana alone; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

excellent; wonderful; very good

えって却って反ってAdverbUsually kanaFreq #2867
1

on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

Examples
高望みをするとかえって損をする。
You may go farther and fare worse.
却下ゃっかNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #5940
1

rejection; dismissal

Examples
議長はその提案を却下した。
The chairman rejected the proposal.
退ける斥けるりぞけ却けるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6832
1

to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss

Examples
彼の計画は退けられた
His plan was discarded.
私はその抗議を退けた
I dismissed the protest.
2

to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off; to defeat

3

to make (someone) leave; to send away; to turn away

4

to force (someone) to leave their post; to oust; to remove; to expel

返却んきゃくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #13002
1

return of something; repayment

Examples
その本を図書館へ返却しましたか。
Did you take the book back to the library?
退却いきゃくNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #14135
1

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

Examples
彼らは退却するしかなかった。
They had no alternative but to retreat.
忘却うきゃくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #15572
1

lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

売却いきゃくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #18550
1

selling off; disposal by sale; sale

Examples
一体全体、どうして建てたばかりの家を売却してしまったんだい。
Why on earth did you sell your newly built house?
冷却いきゃくNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #22132
1

cooling; refrigeration

Examples
鉄は熱してから急に冷却して焼きを入れる。
Iron is tempered by heating and sudden cooling.
2

cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down

脱却っきゃくNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #25213
1

ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing

Examples
夫の会社人間からの脱却を始め、新しい夫婦関係を再構築し、ゆとりある家庭生活を形成することが理想であろう。
It is high time we reconstructed new family relationships and formed a comfortable life.

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