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途絶とだえる

とだえる todaeru Play N1 Ichidan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

途切れる。続いていたものが途中で止まり、その後続かなくなる。 to stop; to cease; to come to an end

Example 1

大雪おおゆきで交通こうつうが途絶とだえた。

The traffic was interrupted by the heavy snow.

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Example 2

その飛行機ひこうきからの通信つうしんが突然とつぜんとだえた。

All communication with that airplane was suddenly cut off.

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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

途

N3

route; way; road

On reading
ト
Kun reading
みち
Radical
辵
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前途

N1

ぜんと

future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead

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拒絶

N1

きょぜつ

refusal; rejection

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絶える

N1

たえる

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct

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絶つ

N1

たつ

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to abstain (from)

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絶望

N1

ぜつぼう

despair; hopelessness