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    3. 絶える

    絶える

    絶たえ​る​

    to die out

    N1KMT10News #41+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab15 strokes

    断える

    たえる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to die out, to peter out, to become extinct
    2.
    to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off

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    その動どう物ぶつは絶ぜつ滅めつの危き機きに瀕ひんし、数かずが絶たえつつある。

    That animal is on the verge of extinction, and its numbers are dwindling.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    連れん絡らくが途と絶だえて心しん配ぱいしている。

    I'm worried because communication has ceased.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの努ど力りょくが絶たえることはなかった。

    His efforts never ceased.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    環かん境きょう破は壊かいが進すすめば、多おおくの種しゅが地ち球きゅう上じょうから絶たえてしまうだろう。

    If environmental destruction continues, many species will disappear from the Earth.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    干かんばつで川かわの水みずが絶たえてしまった。

    The river water dried up due to the drought.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentWeather & Geography

    Characters that make up this word

    絶
    た.える・た.やす・た.つ…(1)
    discontinue・sever・cut off・abstain・interrupt…(5)
    Kanji
    え
    e
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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