no

(un) Same-ON + (mouth/small box radical)
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7 strokes

Onyomi

HI

HE said no, when I asked if he'd get a tattoo of me and him holding hands naked.

Mnemonic

The mouth is un-happy so it says no.

Kunyomi

いな 'No'. Usually used by older people. Or pretentious authors, who contradict themselves for rhetorical effect: 'She was a proper woman, No, wait, perhaps I should rather say she was the kind of woman who wanted to be seen as proper, A-ha-ha, I am so clever.'
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Jukugo

否定形(ひていけい)

a negative sentence ★★☆☆☆
(a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations)) + (form) = 否定形 (a negative sentence)

a negative sentence. 'He doesn't , we don't, I can not,' are examples of English negatives. ひていけい is a good word to know if you want to ask your friends, 'How do you use this word in the negative?'

否定(ひてい) する

a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations) ★★☆☆☆ NP
(no) + (plan) = 否定 (a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations))

拒否(きょひ) する

refuse!!!! ★★☆☆☆ ABU
(repel) + (no) = 拒否 (refuse!!!!)

absolute refusal- unlike 拒む (こばむ), 拒否 is always verbal - an exit line. Like if you tell a guy 'no thanks' 10 times and he won't go away, you use 拒否. As in, '私がきょひした。’

Oh no you di'int!

Synonyms

deny, reject
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