| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 諦める | あきらめる | 〔運命などに甘んじる〕resign [reconcile] oneself，be resigned [reconciled]；〔断念する〕abandon, give up ((an idea, hope)) |
| それは運命とあきらめた I resigned myself to it as my lot. 第２志望であきらめた I reconciled myself to my second choice. 夫は死んだものとあきらめた She gave her husband up for dead. イギリス行きをあきらめた I 「gave up [abandoned] the idea of going to England. 彼は商売での損失をあきらめ切れなかった He could not 「get over [accept] the loss in his business. 回復の望みはないとあきらめた He accepted the fact that there was no hope of recovery. |