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jmdict 2080060 Active (id: 1050848)
体よく断る体良く断る
ていよくことわる
1. [exp,v5r]
▶ to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them
▶ to refuse gracefully
▶ to decline politely

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2010-11-17 04:23:03  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2010-11-17 02:56:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
10k Yahoots. I'm inclined to keep to help reverse searching.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +17,2 @@
+<gloss>to refuse gracefully</gloss>
+<gloss>to decline politely</gloss>
3. A* 2010-11-15 16:48:38  Scott
  Comments:
We already have 体よく. Somewhat obvious.
2. A 2010-11-15 11:18:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +15,1 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
1. A 2006-04-28 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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