Lingaku断つ【たつ】
Frequency rank: 7,111. – 7,113. (for form たつ: 6,048. – 6,054.)
- to sever; to cut off
- to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
- to abstain (from); to give up
Godan verb with 'tsu' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 断つ【たつ】Frequency rank: 7,111. – 7,113.
- 絶つ【たつ】Frequency rank: 8,435. – 8,448.
- 斷つ【たつ】
- たつFrequency rank: 6,048. – 6,054.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to sever; to cut off
- to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
- to abstain (from); to give up
This meaning refers to physically cutting or breaking something apart, or metaphorically ending a relationship or connection.
This meaning involves completely getting rid of something, whether it be an idea, a problem, or even living beings.
This meaning indicates the choice to refrain from doing something or to discontinue a habit or practice.
Generated collocations (experimental)
たつ断つをするto severかんけい関係をたつ断つto cut off a relationshipたばこ煙草をたつ断つto quit smokingいぞん依存をたつ断つto break an addictionしょくじ食事をたつ断つto abstain from eatingれんらく連絡をたつ断つto cut off communicationみれん未練をたつ断つto sever ties with lingering feelingsあくしゅうかん悪習慣をたつ断つto eradicate bad habitsいし意志をたつ断つto strengthen one's resolveつながりをたつ断つto sever connections
Example sentences
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The enemy behind us presently exists solely to cut off our retreat.
I read in the newspaper where contact with the plane had been lost.
He dissociated himself from the firm he had worked for for eighteen years.
It is difficult to break the vicious circle of wages and prices.
People take electricity for granted until its supply is cut off.
True science teaches us to doubt and to abstain from ignorance.
A habit is very difficult to shake off once it is formed.
That country broke off diplomatic relations with the neighboring countries.
Communications have been cut off for two hours because of a thunderstorm.
A bad habit, once formed, is difficult to get rid of.