放棄

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 放棄, read ほうき, means abandoning an activity or something under one's care.
• Basic usage: It is used for giving up a plan or leaving a field untended.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Negated intention
  • In the example, 放棄するつもりはない means having no intention of abandoning it.
  • ない negates the intention; it does not say that abandonment has already occurred.
• An abandoned state
  • 放棄されていた畑 means a field that had been abandoned.
  • The passive form and past-state expression describe its neglected condition at that time.