拒む

• 読み: こばむ
• ローマ字: kobamu
• 漢字の分解: 拒 (kyo/ko) — to refuse, resist
• 発音: /ko.ba.mɯ/

意味

To refuse; to reject; to decline; to resist; to rebuff. Expresses active, principled opposition or denial.

A Group 1 (godan) verb. More formal and literary than 断る (kotowaru), 拒む suggests firmer, more principled resistance rather than polite declination. Common collocations: 要求を拒む (to reject a demand), 入国を拒む (to refuse entry), 誘いを拒む (to rebuff an invitation). Also used of non-human subjects — 体が変化を拒む (the body resists change) — giving the verb a wide stylistic range.

例文

1. 彼は権力者の不当な要求を毅然と拒んだ。
2. 入管は虚偽申告が判明した旅行者の入国を拒んだ。
3. その素材は熱を拒む性質を持っている。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, social refusal, materials science, politics

トーン: firm

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 拒 combines the hand radical (扌) with a phonetic component meaning to block or resist. The compound 拒絶 (kyozetsu, flat refusal) shares the same character.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal