Pada umumnya, masyarakat Jepang menolak secara taklangsung. Namun, pengamatan menunjukkan bahwa terdapat penolakan secara langsung oleh masyarakat Jepang terhadap Olimpiade Tokyo 2020. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah memberikan eksplanasi tuturan penolakan langsung oleh masyarakat Jepang terhadap Olimpiade Tokyo 2020. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu situs petisi change.org. Penelitian menemukan 312 jumlah tuturan penolakan yang terbagi menjadi 38 tuturan penolakan langsung, 27 tuturan kombinasi penolakan tuturan taklangsung dan langsung, 6 tuturan kombinasi penolakan tuturan langsung dan taklangsung, serta 241 tuturan penolakan taklangsung. Tuturan penolakan langsung memiliki pemarkah, antara lain, verba kougi ‘memprotes’, hantai ‘menentang’, dan chuushi ‘batal’ serta adjektiva dame ‘tidak boleh’. Tuturan taklangsung juga ditemukan pada penolakan olimpiade Tokyo 2020. Tuturan taklangsung dalam penelitian ini berupa pernyataan pendapat tentang Olimpiade dan Pandemi Covid-19, permohonan, pernyataan perasaan, sindiran, dan ejekan. Penolakan taklangsung menunjukkan penutur Jepang mempertimbangkan kesantunan dalam menyampaikan penolakan.

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In general, Japanese speakers use indirect refusal speech acts. However, this study shows that the Japanese also use direct refusal speech acts toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The purpose of this study is to give explanation about Japanese direct refusal speech acts against 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The petition site change.org was used as a data source for this study. This study found 312 refusal speech acts, including 38 direct refusal speech acts, 27 indirect-direct refusal speech acts, 6 direct-indirect refusal speech acts, and 241 indirect refusal speech acts. The verbs kougi 'to protest,' hantai 'against,' and chuushi 'cancel,' as well as the adjective dame 'not allowed,' are used as markers in direct refusal speech acts. Indirect refusal speech acts’ are also found in 2020 Tokyo Olympics refusal. In this study, indirect refusal speech acts takes the shape of declarations of opinion about the Olympics and Covid-19 pandemic, demand, emotional comment, satire, and mockery. Indirect refusal speech acts demonstrates that Japanese speakers consider politeness in conveying rejection.