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    3. 絶縁

    絶縁

    絶ぜつ縁えん

    breaking off relations (with)

    KMT9News #24+1TechnologyFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab27 strokes

    ぜつえん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past)

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    2.
    insulation (electrical or thermal), isolation

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    このケーブルは電でん気きを絶ぜつ縁えんする素そ材ざいで覆おおわれています。

    This cable is covered with a material that insulates electricity.

    KMT7Technology
    家か族ぞくとの絶ぜつ縁えんは、彼かれにとって非ひ常じょうに辛つらい決けつ断だんでした。

    Severing ties with his family was a very painful decision for him.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    この建たて物ものの壁カベには、高たかい断だん熱ねつ性せいと絶ぜつ縁えん性せいを持もつ材ざい料りょうが使つかわれています。

    The walls of this building use materials with high thermal insulation and electrical insulation properties.

    KMT9TechnologyHome & Housing
    彼かれは過か去この過あやまちを悔くい、絶ぜつ縁えん状じょう態たいだった友ゆう人じんとの関かん係けい修しゅう復ふくを望のぞんでいます。

    He regrets his past mistakes and hopes to mend his relationship with a friend with whom he had severed ties.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    高こう電でん圧あつの機き器きでは、感かん電せんを防ふせぐために適てき切せつな絶ぜつ縁えんが不ふ可か欠けつです。

    In high-voltage equipment, proper insulation is essential to prevent electric shock.

    KMT10TechnologyMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    絶
    た.える・た.やす・た.つ…(1)
    discontinue・sever・cut off・abstain・interrupt…(5)
    縁
    ふち・ふち.どる・ゆかり・よすが・へり・えにし…(2)
    affinity・relation・connection・edge・border…(2)
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