縁切り|えんきりenkiri[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbseparation; divorce; severing of connections
Conjugation
Dictionary form縁切りする(えんきりする)
Polite (masu)縁切りします(えんきりします)
Negative (nai)縁切りしない(えんきりしない)
polite (masen)縁切りしません(えんきりしません)
classical zu / nu縁切りせず・縁切りせぬ(えんきりせず・えんきりせぬ)
Past (ta)縁切りした(えんきりした)
polite (mashita)縁切りしました(えんきりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)縁切りしなかった(えんきりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)縁切りしませんでした(えんきりしませんでした)
Te form縁切りして(えんきりして)
Potential縁切りできる(えんきりできる)
Passive縁切りされる(えんきりされる)
Causative縁切りさせる(えんきりさせる)
Causative passive縁切りさせられる(えんきりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)縁切りすれば(えんきりすれば)
tara縁切りしたら(えんきりしたら)
Volitional縁切りしよう(えんきりしよう)
polite (mashou)縁切りしましょう(えんきりしましょう)
Imperative縁切りしろ(えんきりしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym離縁りえんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Specifically divorce or dissolving an adoption; 「縁切り」 is more colloquial and covers cutting off all kinds of personal ties.
  • Synonym断交だんこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Breaking off relations, chiefly between countries but also individuals; 「縁切り」 refers to private ties like marriage or parent and child.
  • Synonym絶交ぜっこうNeutralNeutral. Ending a friendship, as in 「絶交する」; 「縁切り」 also speaks of severing spousal or parent-child bonds.
  • Synonym絶縁ぜつえんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Severing relations; also electrical or thermal insulation. More formal than 「縁切り」.
  • Synonym別れるわかれるNeutralNeutral verb for parting or breaking up, the most common everyday choice; not necessarily a complete break, and less final than 「縁切り」.
  • Antonym縁組えんぐみWrittenWritten/formal prose. Forming a marriage or adoption tie — the opposite of the kinship-severing 「縁切り」.
  • Antonym結婚けっこんNeutralNeutral. Becoming husband and wife — the opposite of 「縁切り」 when it means ending a marriage.
  • Antonym縁結びえんむすびNeutralNeutral. Forming a tie or bringing a couple together, as in 「縁結びの神」 — the opposite of 「縁切り」.

Use 「縁切り」 for severing spousal, parent-child, or other personal ties, as in 「縁切り寺」. For friends breaking off, use 「絶交」; for countries, 「断交」. To speak of forming ties, use 「縁結び」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 婚姻関係こんいんかんけいや人間関係にんげんかんけいを断たつこと。または、そうした状態じょうたいになること。
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