突破|とっぱtoppa[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbbreaking through; breakthrough; penetration
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsurmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; getting over; accomplishing (an aim); reaching (a goal)
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verbexceeding; passing; rising above
    アメリカの対外たいがい債務さいむは5000億ごれいれいれいおくドルを突破とっぱしましたよ。↗
    America's foreign debt shot past $500 billion.
Conjugation
Dictionary form突破する(とっぱする)
Polite (masu)突破します(とっぱします)
Negative (nai)突破しない(とっぱしない)
polite (masen)突破しません(とっぱしません)
classical zu / nu突破せず・突破せぬ(とっぱせず・とっぱせぬ)
Past (ta)突破した(とっぱした)
polite (mashita)突破しました(とっぱしました)
Past negative (nakatta)突破しなかった(とっぱしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)突破しませんでした(とっぱしませんでした)
Te form突破して(とっぱして)
Potential突破できる(とっぱできる)
Passive突破される(とっぱされる)
Causative突破させる(とっぱさせる)
Causative passive突破させられる(とっぱさせられる)
Conditional (ba)突破すれば(とっぱすれば)
tara突破したら(とっぱしたら)
Volitional突破しよう(とっぱしよう)
polite (mashou)突破しましょう(とっぱしましょう)
Imperative突破しろ(とっぱしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym突き抜けるつきぬけるNeutralA neutral verb for piercing through to the other side — penetration rather than overcoming — also figuratively for ideas that go beyond the norm, as in 「突き抜けた発想」.
  • Related突き破るつきやぶるNeutralA neutral verb for forcefully smashing or bursting through something physical, as in 「壁を突き破る」; unlike 突破, it has no sense of exceeding a figure.
  • Antonym停滞ていたいWrittenA noun used mainly in written prose for stagnation — things grinding to a halt and failing to advance; the opposite of 突破, which pushes forward through barriers.
  • Antonym頓挫とんざWrittenA noun used mainly in written prose for a plan hitting a setback midway and stalling, as in 「計画が頓挫」; the opposite of a smooth breakthrough.

Use 「突破」 for breaking through barriers or exceeding a figure, as in 「100万人突破」 and 「難関を突破」. For physically smashing through something, use 「突き破る」; for piercing through, 「突き抜ける」. 「停滞」 is stagnation; 「頓挫」 is a plan's setback.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 困難こんなんや障害しょうがいを突き破つきやぶること。
  2. 検問所けんもんしょや関門かんもんなどを強引ごういんに通過つうかすること。
  3. 敵てきを正面しょうめんから攻撃こうげきして打ち破うちやぶること。
  4. ある数量すうりょうを超こえること。
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