絶縁|ぜつえんzetsuen[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbinsulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
    軟なん木もくの絶縁ぜつえんされた部屋へやおよびよいヒーターはサウナのための絶対ぜったい必要ひつようである。↗
    An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 関係かんけいを断たつこと。
  2. 導体どうたいの途中とちゅうに不導体ふどうたいを入いれて電流でんりゅうや熱ねつを断たつこと。
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