Meaning

Primary

To Cut Off

Alternative

To Quit Doing Something

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means cut off so the verb vocab version is to cut off. Don't confuse this with 断る which means "to refuse." You know this is to cut off because of the , which hints that you have had two () too many chocolates, and it's time to cut you off.

Reading

たつ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

URGH! The reading isn't even the same as 断る, how frustrating. to cut off is read as たつ. Instead of eating too many chocolates and getting cut off, maybe you're eating too many tater tots (たつ). Don't eat so many of those, it's unhealthy. You have to cut off tater tots from your diet so you don't get fat.

Context

Context Sentences

恋人との関係を断つ方法を教えてください。

Please teach me how to break up with my lover.

お酒を断つべきだってのは、自分でも分かってます。

I know that I should give up drinking.

これでもう逃げ道は断たれてしまった。

This means that there's no longer any way to escape.

Kanji Composition