断つ
たつ
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-tsu), Transitive
to sever; to cut off- to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
- to abstain (from); to give up
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 断つたつ | 断ちますたちます |
| Negative | 断たないたたない | 断ちませんたちません |
| Past | 断ったたった | 断ちましたたちました |
| Past negative | 断たなかったたたなかった | 断ちませんでしたたちませんでした |
| Te-form | 断ってたって |
|---|---|
| Potential | 断てるたてる |
| Passive | 断たれるたたれる |
| Causative | 断たせるたたせる |
| Volitional | 断とうたとう |
| Imperative | 断てたて |
| Conditional (ば) | 断てばたてば |
| Conditional (たら) | 断ったらたったら |
Example sentences
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They were cut off from food supplies.
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You should try to conquer your smoking habit.
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Communications have been cut off for two hours because of a thunderstorm.
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A bad habit, once formed, is difficult to get rid of.
ダイエットのためなら、チョコレートを断つのなんて簡単よ。
I can easily give up chocolate to lose weight.
More examples (6)
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True science teaches us to doubt and to abstain from ignorance.
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。
People take electricity for granted until its supply is cut off.
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She took her own life.
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He dissociated himself from the firm he had worked for for eighteen years.
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That country broke off diplomatic relations with the neighboring countries.
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I read in the newspaper that contact with the plane had been lost.