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    3. 断つ

    断つ

    断たつ​

    to sever

    KMT7News #18+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab12 strokes

    絶つ斷つ

    たつ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to sever, to cut off
    2.
    to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate
    3.
    to abstain (from), to give up

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    彼かれはタバコを断たった。

    He quit smoking.

    KMT4Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    健けん康こうのために、夜や食しょくを断たつことにした。

    For my health, I decided to stop eating late-night snacks.

    KMT6Daily LifeFood & DiningMedicine & Health
    悪わるい習しゅう慣かんを断たつのは難むずかしい。

    It's difficult to break bad habits.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    不ふ採さい算さん部ぶ門もんを断たち、経けい営えいの立たて直なおしを図はかった。

    They cut off the unprofitable division and aimed to restructure the management.

    KMT7Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    過か去ことの縁えんを断たち、新あらたな人じん生せいを歩あゆみ始はじめた。

    He severed ties with the past and began a new life.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    断
    た.つ・ことわ.る・さだ.める…(1)
    severance・decline・refuse・apologize・warn…(5)
    Kanji
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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