| Kanji | 断る |
| Reading | ことわる |
| Romaji | kotowaru |
| Meaning | to refuse |
| Part of Speech | verb |
| JLPT Level | JLPT N3 |
招待を断りました。
Shoutai o kotowarimashita.
I declined the invitation.
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断る (ことわる, kotowaru) means "to refuse" in Japanese. It is a JLPT N3 vocabulary word.
断る is pronounced "kotowaru" in Japanese. The hiragana reading is ことわる.
断る is a JLPT N3 word. JLPT N3 is the intermediate level with ~3,000 words.