Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “婚約破棄”

婚約破棄

こんやくはき

breaking off an engagement

Example sentence

"Didn't you get married!?" "Oh, we split up. We broke our engagement."

Kanji details

Kun/On information

婚

On: こん
Kun: —
Stroke count: 11

・marriage

約

On: やく
Kun: つづ.まる;つづ.める;つづま.やか
Stroke count: 9

・promise

・approximately

・shrink

破

On: は
Kun: やぶ.る;やぶ.れる;わ.れる
Stroke count: 10

・rend

・rip

・tear

・break

・destroy

・defeat

・frustrate

棄

On: き
Kun: す.てる
Stroke count: 13

・abandon

・throw away

・discard

・resign

・reject

・sacrifice