決裂|けつれつketsuretsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
    交渉こうしょうの決裂けつれつは戦争せんそうを引き起ひきおこすことになるだろう。↗
    A breakdown in the negotiations will mean war.
Conjugation
Dictionary form決裂する(けつれつする)
Polite (masu)決裂します(けつれつします)
Negative (nai)決裂しない(けつれつしない)
polite (masen)決裂しません(けつれつしません)
classical zu / nu決裂せず・決裂せぬ(けつれつせず・けつれつせぬ)
Past (ta)決裂した(けつれつした)
polite (mashita)決裂しました(けつれつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)決裂しなかった(けつれつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)決裂しませんでした(けつれつしませんでした)
Te form決裂して(けつれつして)
Potential決裂できる(けつれつできる)
Passive決裂される(けつれつされる)
Causative決裂させる(けつれつさせる)
Causative passive決裂させられる(けつれつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)決裂すれば(けつれつすれば)
tara決裂したら(けつれつしたら)
Volitional決裂しよう(けつれつしよう)
polite (mashou)決裂しましょう(けつれつしましょう)
Imperative決裂しろ(けつれつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym断絶だんぜつWrittenWritten/formal prose; used for relations being cut off or severed, as in 「国交断絶」. 「決裂」 is specifically talks or negotiations falling through.
  • Related中断ちゅうだんNeutralRefers to something in progress stopping midway, possibly to resume later; 「決裂」 is for talks or meetings collapsing without agreement.
  • Antonym成立せいりつWrittenWritten/formal prose; used when talks or a contract are concluded and go through — the opposite of 「決裂」.
  • Antonym合意ごういNeutralBoth sides' opinions align and an agreement is reached — the direct opposite of 「決裂」.

Use 「決裂」 when talks, meetings or negotiations break down without agreement, as in 「交渉決裂」. For something in progress stopping midway, use 「中断」; for relations being severed, 「断絶」. 「合意」 and 「成立」 are the opposites, for when agreement is reached.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 会議かいぎ・交渉こうしょうなどで意見いけんがまとまらず物別ものわかれとなること。
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