JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

破棄 (haki)

破棄 (はき, haki) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はき
Romaji
haki
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction · noun, suru verb, transitive
  2. annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. a treaty) · noun, suru verb, transitive
  3. reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing · noun, suru verb, transitive

Example sentences

これらの書類に関しては破棄することが一番いいと思う。
With respect to these documents, I think the best thing is to destroy them.
彼らは婚約を破棄した。
They called off their engagement.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 破棄

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary破棄するはきする hakisuru
Polite (~masu)破棄しますはきします hakishimasu
Negative破棄しないはきしない hakishinai
Polite negative破棄しませんはきしません hakishimasen
Past破棄したはきした hakishita
Polite past破棄しましたはきしました hakishimashita
Negative past破棄しなかったはきしなかった hakishinakatta
Te-form破棄してはきして hakishite
Potential破棄できるはきできる hakidekiru
Passive破棄されるはきされる hakisareru
Causative破棄させるはきさせる hakisaseru
Volitional破棄しようはきしよう hakishiyou
Imperative破棄しろはきしろ hakishiro
Conditional (~ba)破棄すればはきすれば hakisureba

Kanji in 破棄

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 破棄.

Source: JMdict entry 1471300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.