- 断交
- だんこう
breaking off (severing) relations* * *だんこう【断交】rupture〖C〗〖U〗《正式》(友好関係の)決裂, 断交**break/bréik/ 〖C〗〔…との〕仲違(たが)い, 断交〔with〕.¶ → 断交する* * *だんこう【断交】(a) rupture; a break(-off) in [of] relations.~する break off relations 《with…》.●その事件がもとで両国は現在断交している. On account of the incident, the two nations have now broken off relations.
●断交をほのめかす[ちらつかせる] hint at a break-off of relations.
経済断交 a break-off of economic relations.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.