決裂|けつれつketsuretsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
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.
- 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.
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