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絶つ[たつ] (tatsu)

to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to abstain (from)

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 1
  • #9754 most frequent

Meaning

絶つ (たつ, tatsu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to abstain (from)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 5

私わたしは彼かれとの連絡れんらくを絶たった

I cut off contact with him.

彼女かのじょは自みずからの命いのちを絶った。

She took her own life.

あの国くには近隣きんりん諸国しょこくとの外交がいこう関係かんけいを絶った。

That country broke off diplomatic relations with the neighboring countries.

彼かれは18年間ねんかん働はたらいた会社かいしゃと関係かんけいを絶った。

He dissociated himself from the firm he had worked for for eighteen years.

Conjugation table

絶つ (たつ) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary絶つ たつtatsu
Negative絶たない たたないtatanai
Past絶った たったtatta
Past negative絶たなかった たたなかったtatanakatta
Polite (ます)絶ちます たちますtachimasu
Polite negative絶ちません たちませんtachimasen
Polite past絶ちました たちましたtachimashita
Polite past negative絶ちませんでした たちませんでしたtachimasendeshita
Te-form絶って たってtatte
Conditional (ば)絶てば たてばtateba
Conditional (たら)絶ったら たったらtattara
Potential絶てる たてるtateru
Passive絶たれる たたれるtatareru
Causative絶たせる たたせるtataseru
Causative-passive絶たせられる たたせられるtataserareru
Volitional絶とう たとうtatou
Volitional polite絶ちましょう たちましょうtachimashou
Imperative絶て たてtate
Desire (たい)絶ちたい たちたいtachitai

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