絶交|ぜっこうzekkou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
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.
- 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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