否決|ひけつhiketsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrejection; negation; voting down
    議案ぎあんはたぶん否決ひけつされるだろう。↗
    The chances are that the bill will be rejected.
Conjugation
Dictionary form否決する(ひけつする)
Polite (masu)否決します(ひけつします)
Negative (nai)否決しない(ひけつしない)
polite (masen)否決しません(ひけつしません)
classical zu / nu否決せず・否決せぬ(ひけつせず・ひけつせぬ)
Past (ta)否決した(ひけつした)
polite (mashita)否決しました(ひけつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)否決しなかった(ひけつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)否決しませんでした(ひけつしませんでした)
Te form否決して(ひけつして)
Potential否決できる(ひけつできる)
Passive否決される(ひけつされる)
Causative否決させる(ひけつさせる)
Causative passive否決させられる(ひけつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)否決すれば(ひけつすれば)
tara否決したら(ひけつしたら)
Volitional否決しよう(ひけつしよう)
polite (mashou)否決しましょう(ひけつしましょう)
Imperative否決しろ(ひけつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related否定ひていNeutralNeutral in register. 否定 is the general word for denying or negating something; 「否決」 is specific to a proposal being voted down at a meeting.
  • Related拒絶きょぜつWrittenWritten/formal prose. 拒絶 is flatly refusing a request or declining to accept it; 「否決」 centers on rejecting a proposal by vote.
  • Antonym可決かけつWrittenWritten/formal prose. The direct opposite of 「否決」: a motion or bill is passed by vote, as in 「法案が可決」.
  • Antonym承認しょうにんNeutralNeutral in register. 承認 is approving or authorizing something, the opposite of 「否決」.

Use 「否決」 when a meeting or assembly votes down a proposal, as in 「法案が否決される」. For denying a fact use 「否定」, for refusing a request 「拒絶」; the opposites are 「可決」 (passed by vote) and 「承認」 (approved).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 提出ていしゅつされた議案ぎあんを承認しょうにんしないことに決きめること。
Kanji in this word
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