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Illustration of 絶つ

絶たつ

たつ tatsu Play N1 Godan verb Transitive

関係やつながりを断ち、続かないようにする。 to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to abstain (from)

Example 1

あの国は近隣諸国との外交関係を絶った。

That country broke off diplomatic relations with the neighboring countries.

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Example 2

彼は18年間働いた会社と関係を絶った。

He dissociated himself from the firm he had worked for for eighteen years.

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Kanji breakdown

絶

N3

discontinue; sever; cut off; abstain; interrupt; suppress; be beyond; without match; peerless; unparalleled

On reading
ゼツ
Kun reading
た.える、た.やす、た.つ
Radical
糸
Illustration of 拒絶
N1

きょぜつ

refusal; rejection

Illustration of 絶える
N1

たえる

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct

Illustration of 絶望
N1

ぜつぼう

despair; hopelessness

Illustration of 絶版
N1

ぜっぱん

out of print

Illustration of 謝絶
N1

しゃぜつ

refusal