断交|だんこうdankou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreaking off relations (esp. between countries)
Conjugation
Dictionary form断交する(だんこうする)
Polite (masu)断交します(だんこうします)
Negative (nai)断交しない(だんこうしない)
polite (masen)断交しません(だんこうしません)
classical zu / nu断交せず・断交せぬ(だんこうせず・だんこうせぬ)
Past (ta)断交した(だんこうした)
polite (mashita)断交しました(だんこうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)断交しなかった(だんこうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)断交しませんでした(だんこうしませんでした)
Te form断交して(だんこうして)
Potential断交できる(だんこうできる)
Passive断交される(だんこうされる)
Causative断交させる(だんこうさせる)
Causative passive断交させられる(だんこうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)断交すれば(だんこうすれば)
tara断交したら(だんこうしたら)
Volitional断交しよう(だんこうしよう)
polite (mashou)断交しましょう(だんこうしましょう)
Imperative断交しろ(だんこうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym絶交ぜっこうNeutralUsed for cutting off personal relationships, as in 「親友と絶交する」; it centers on friendships, while 断交 typically describes countries severing diplomatic ties.
  • Synonym縁切りえんきりCasualColloquial term for severing a marriage or other personal relationship, with a folk or traditional flavor.
  • Related絶縁ぜつえんNeutralMeans cutting off ties between people but stresses a complete, thorough break; it also refers to electrical or thermal insulation.
  • Antonym国交こっこうFormalThe antonym: a formal term for diplomatic relations between states, the opposite of 断交 in its sense of severing such ties.

Use 「断交」 for cutting off relations, especially between countries, as in 「両国が断交する」. For personal breakups say 「絶交」, for a complete break 「絶縁」; the formal antonym is 「国交」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 関かかわりを断たつこと。特とくに、国くにと国くにとが国交こっこうを断たつこと。
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