断つ、絶つ、斷つ
たつ
tatsu
JMdict entry #1597030
- Godan verb with 'tsu' endingtransitive verb to sever; to cut off
- Godan verb with 'tsu' endingtransitive verb to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
- Godan verb with 'tsu' endingtransitive verb to abstain (from); to give up
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は１８年間働いた会社と関係を絶った。
kare ha １８ nenkan hatarai ta kaisha to kankei wo taxtsu ta 。
He dissociated himself from the firm he had worked for for eighteen years.
人々は供給が断たれるまでは電気をあって当然のものと思っている。
hitobito ha kyoukyuu ga tata reru made ha denki wo axtsu te touzen no mono to omoxtsu te iru 。
People take electricity for granted until its supply is cut off.
真の科学は我々に疑うことを、そして無知を断つことを教える。
shin no kagaku ha wareware ni utagau koto wo 、 soshite muchi wo tatsu koto wo oshieru 。
True science teaches us to doubt and to abstain from ignorance.
私たちは彼らとは関係を断っている。
watakushi tachi ha kare ra to ha kankei wo kotowaxtsu te iru 。
We have broken off relations with them.
いったい彼女は彼らとの関係を断ったのだろうか。
ittai kanojo ha kare ra to no kankei wo kotowaxtsu ta no darou ka 。
Can she have broken off with them?
あの国は近隣諸国との外交関係を絶った。
ano kuni ha kinrin shokoku to no gaikou kankei wo taxtsu ta 。
That country broke off diplomatic relations with the neighboring countries.