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					Grade 5 -                断 
 Kanji character Grade 5 断. Writing practice along 
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			| severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, 
			decision, judgement, cutting Kun: た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
 On: ダン
 11 strokes
 Radical: axe 斤
 Parts: 一 | 斤 米
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 断 【ダン】 decision, judgment, resolution 断言 【ダンゲン】 assertion, declaration, affirmation
 独断 【ドクダン】 one's own judgement (judgment), decision made without 
			consulting others, arbitrary decision, dogmatism
 縦断 【ジュウダン】 running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling 
			across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to 
			exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up 断る 【ことわる】 to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to 
			decline, to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance, to ask 
			leave, to excuse oneself (from)
 断るまでもなく 【ことわるまでもなく】 needless to say
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