Japanese

Noun

破棄 ‎(hiragana はき, romaji haki)

1. destruction (of a recorded material)

   書類 (しょるい)の破棄 (はき)を命 (めい)じた。

   Shorui no haki o meijita.

   They ordered the destruction of documents.

2. annulment, cancellation, nullification, reversal (of a contract, treaty, etc.)

   市民 (しみん)たちは二市 (にし)の合併 (がっぺい)の破棄 (はき)を要求 (ようきゅう)した。

   Shimintachi wa nishi no gappei no haki o yōkyū shita.

   Citizens demanded the annulment of the combination of two cities.

Synonyms

• (destruction): 毀棄 (きき) ‎(kiki), 廃棄 (はいき) ‎(haiki)
• (annulment): 廃棄 (はいき) ‎(haiki), 撤回 (てっかい) ‎(tekkai), 取 (と)り消 (け)し ‎(torikeshi)

Antonyms

• (destruction): 作成 (さくせい) ‎(sakusei, “production”)
• (annulment): 締結 (ていけつ) ‎(teiketsu, “conclusion”)

Verb

破棄する ‎(hiragana はきする, romaji haki suru)

1. destroy (a recorded material)
2. annul, cancel, nullify, reverse

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3