打破|だはdaha[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
たはtahaok
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbbreaking down; defeating; abolishing
    彼かれらはその悪習あくしゅうを打破だはした。↗
    They did away with the bad habit.
Conjugation
Dictionary form打破する(だはする)
Polite (masu)打破します(だはします)
Negative (nai)打破しない(だはしない)
polite (masen)打破しません(だはしません)
classical zu / nu打破せず・打破せぬ(だはせず・だはせぬ)
Past (ta)打破した(だはした)
polite (mashita)打破しました(だはしました)
Past negative (nakatta)打破しなかった(だはしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)打破しませんでした(だはしませんでした)
Te form打破して(だはして)
Potential打破できる(だはできる)
Passive打破される(だはされる)
Causative打破させる(だはさせる)
Causative passive打破させられる(だはさせられる)
Conditional (ba)打破すれば(だはすれば)
tara打破したら(だはしたら)
Volitional打破しよう(だはしよう)
polite (mashou)打破しましょう(だはしましょう)
Imperative打破しろ(だはしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym打倒だとうNeutralNeutral: overthrowing a regime or beating an opponent; fits political slogans and sport, as in 「打倒○○」. 「打破」 is about breaking the status quo.
  • Related打ち負かすことNeutralNeutral: simply defeating an opponent, in a general sense. 「打破」 centres on breaking a deadlock, old customs or the status quo rather than beating someone.
  • Antonym擁護ようごWrittenWritten/formal prose: defending or upholding someone or something; the direct opposite of 「打破」, which breaks with the status quo.
  • Antonym維持いじNeutralNeutral: keeping things as they are; the opposite of 「打破」, as in 「現状維持」.

Use 「打破」 for breaking a deadlock, old habits or the status quo, as in 「現状を打破する」. For toppling a regime say 「打倒」; to stress simply beating an opponent use 打ち負かすこと. The opposites are 「維持」 and 「擁護」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 攻撃こうげきして負まかすこと。
  2. 悪わるい習慣しゅうかんや制度せいどなどをなくすこと。
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