絶縁|ぜつえんzetsuen[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbinsulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 絶縁する(ぜつえんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 絶縁します(ぜつえんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 絶縁しない(ぜつえんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 絶縁しません(ぜつえんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 絶縁せず・絶縁せぬ(ぜつえんせず・ぜつえんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 絶縁した(ぜつえんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 絶縁しました(ぜつえんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 絶縁しなかった(ぜつえんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 絶縁しませんでした(ぜつえんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 絶縁して(ぜつえんして) |
| Potential | 絶縁できる(ぜつえんできる) |
| Passive | 絶縁される(ぜつえんされる) |
| Causative | 絶縁させる(ぜつえんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 絶縁させられる(ぜつえんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 絶縁すれば(ぜつえんすれば) |
| tara | 絶縁したら(ぜつえんしたら) |
| Volitional | 絶縁しよう(ぜつえんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 絶縁しましょう(ぜつえんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 絶縁しろ(ぜつえんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym縁切りえんきりNeutralColloquial term for severing a marriage or personal relationship; 「縁切り祈願」 means praying to break an ill-fated bond.
- Related断交だんこうNeutralBreaking off relations, especially between countries; used of nations or organizations, while 「絶縁」 typically severs family or teacher-student ties or means insulation.
- Related絶交ぜっこうNeutralUsed when friends break off their friendship, as in 「絶交する」; the emphasis is on the rupture of a friendship.
- Antonym接続せつぞくNeutralAntonym: connection or linking up; the opposite of 「絶縁」 in its electrical sense of cutting off current.
- Antonym結合けつごうNeutralAntonym: combining or joining things into one; the opposite of 「絶縁」 in its sense of severing relations.
- Antonym導通どうつうNeutralAntonym: a circuit conducting electricity; the opposite of 「絶縁」 as electrical insulation, an electrician's term.
Use 「絶縁」 to sever family or organizational ties completely, or for electrical insulation: 「親子の絶縁」, 「絶縁体」. Countries breaking off relations take 「断交」, friends 「絶交」, and colloquially 「縁切り」. Antonyms include 「接続」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


