絶交|ぜっこうzekkou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
    彼かれは全すべての親類しんるいと絶交ぜっこうした。↗
    He broke with all his relatives.
Conjugation
Dictionary form絶交する(ぜっこうする)
Polite (masu)絶交します(ぜっこうします)
Negative (nai)絶交しない(ぜっこうしない)
polite (masen)絶交しません(ぜっこうしません)
classical zu / nu絶交せず・絶交せぬ(ぜっこうせず・ぜっこうせぬ)
Past (ta)絶交した(ぜっこうした)
polite (mashita)絶交しました(ぜっこうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)絶交しなかった(ぜっこうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)絶交しませんでした(ぜっこうしませんでした)
Te form絶交して(ぜっこうして)
Potential絶交できる(ぜっこうできる)
Passive絶交される(ぜっこうされる)
Causative絶交させる(ぜっこうさせる)
Causative passive絶交させられる(ぜっこうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)絶交すれば(ぜっこうすれば)
tara絶交したら(ぜっこうしたら)
Volitional絶交しよう(ぜっこうしよう)
polite (mashou)絶交しましょう(ぜっこうしましょう)
Imperative絶交しろ(ぜっこうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym断交だんこうNeutralMostly for countries severing diplomatic ties, though it can describe people cutting off contact too; 「絶交」 is said mainly of friends.
  • Synonym縁切りえんきりNeutralColloquial word for cutting off a marriage or personal relationship; also means divorce.
  • Related絶縁ぜつえんNeutralSevering a relationship, often between parent and child or with a gang; also electrical insulation. A stronger break than 「絶交」.
  • Antonym親交しんこうNeutralClose, friendly association, as in 「親交を深める」; the opposite of cutting off contact.
  • Antonym交友こうゆうNeutralMaking friends and associating with them, as in 「交友関係」; the opposite of 「絶交」.

Use 「絶交」 when friends stop seeing each other. For countries breaking off relations, say 「断交」; for cutting ties with family or an organization, 「絶縁」 is the usual word.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 付き合つきあいや交際こうさいを絶たつこと。
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