見送り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	送
み Grade: 1	おく Grade: 3
kun’yomi

See also 見送る

Noun

見(み)送(おく)り • (miokuri) 

1. send-off, farewell, such as at an airport
2. defer, shelf a bill (so that it does not become law)

   大村知事(おおむらちじ)は、公約(こうやく)にしていた県民税(けんみんぜい)の減税(げんぜい)を見送(みおく)り、

   ōmura chiji wa, kōyaku ni shiteita kenminzei no genzei o miokuri,

   Governor Ōmura, shelving the publicly promised reduction in the prefectural citizen's tax,