断絶

だんぜつ
become extinct
cease to exist
break off

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だんぜつ【断絶】

disconnection

〖U〗〖C〗(連絡の)断絶

severance

〖U〗〖C〗《正式》(関係などの)断絶.

¶ → 断絶する

¶ → 断絶感

¶ → 世代の断絶

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だんぜつ【断絶】

1 〔絶えること〕 extinction; 〔途中で途切れること〕 discontinuation; (an) interruption.

～する become extinct; cease to exist; be discontinued.

●一家断絶した. The family has died out [away].

●一家断絶 the extinction of a family; the end of a (family) line.

2 〔断つこと; 断たれること〕 severance; (a) rupture.

～する 〔断つ〕 sever 《relations》; cut [break] off; 〔断たれる〕 be severed [ruptured]; be cut [broken] off.

●国交の断絶 severance [a rupture] of diplomatic relations

・親子[兄弟]の断絶 a rupture between parent and child [siblings]

・世代の断絶 a generation gap.

●両国間の断絶が深まった. The rupture between the two states has deepened.

●断絶の時代 an age of discontinuity.

断絶感 a sense of estrangement [alienation].