Lingaku絶える【たえる】
Frequency rank: 5,994. – 6,000.
- to die out; to peter out; to become extinct
- to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to die out; to peter out; to become extinct
- to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off
This meaning is used to describe something that gradually diminishes until it no longer exists, often referring to species or traditions.
That custom gradually died out.
This meaning refers to the act of stopping something that was ongoing, often used in contexts like services, systems, or communication.
Generated collocations (experimental)
たえまない絶え間ないどりょく努力continuous effortたえまなく絶え間なくつづく続くendlessly continuingこえ声がたえる絶えるvoice fades awayきぼう希望がたえる絶えるhope disappearsたえた絶えたひかり光extinguished lightたえる絶えることのないおもい想いunending feelingsせつぞく接続がたえる絶えるconnection is cut offたえま絶え間のないいた痛みconstant painぶんか文化がたえる絶えるculture becomes extinctたえ絶えずへんか変化するconstantly changingたえる絶えることのないあい愛everlasting love
Example sentences
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If the hunted should perish, the hunter would, too.
They strive constantly to improve customer relations.
His mother is constantly complaining about it.
With his death, the oldest family in this village died out.
All communication with the mainland was cut off by the typhoon.
I'm never free from worry about my son. Nowadays, he does nothing but play video games, and never studies at all.