退ける
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
1. to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss
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
Other spellings
斥ける
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
しりぞける
Examples6
彼の
His plan was discarded.
私
I dismissed the protest.
彼女の
Her suggestion seems to have been turned down.
この
I do not want to reject this claim.
彼ら
They dismissed his criticism as hypocrisy.
柔和な
A soft answer turneth away wrath.