途切れる・跡切れる|とぎれるtogireru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 途切れる(とぎれる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 途切れます(とぎれます) |
| Negative (nai) | 途切れない(とぎれない) |
| polite (masen) | 途切れません(とぎれません) |
| classical zu / nu | 途切れず・途切れぬ(とぎれず・とぎれぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 途切れた(とぎれた) |
| polite (mashita) | 途切れました(とぎれました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 途切れなかった(とぎれなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 途切れませんでした(とぎれませんでした) |
| Te form | 途切れて(とぎれて) |
| Potential | 途切れられる(とぎれられる) |
| Passive | 途切れられる(とぎれられる) |
| Causative | 途切れさせる(とぎれさせる) |
| Causative passive | 途切れさせられる(とぎれさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 途切れれば(とぎれれば) |
| tara | 途切れたら(とぎれたら) |
| Volitional | 途切れよう(とぎれよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 途切れましょう(とぎれましょう) |
| Imperative | 途切れろ(とぎれろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralA noun for an interruption (「会議が中断する」), deliberate or not; it stresses an ongoing activity stopping, while 「途切れる」 stresses a continuous flow breaking off.
- Related休止きゅうしNeutralA noun for a pause or suspension (「運転休止」); the nuance is a temporary stop.
- Related停止ていしNeutralA noun for a stoppage (「営業停止」), used mostly for machines and business operations.
- Related一段落いちだんらくNeutralA noun for reaching a stopping point (「作業が一段落する」); it stresses that a matter is for the moment done.
- Related途切らせるとぎらせるNeutralThe transitive counterpart of 「途切れる」: to interrupt something (「話を途切らせる」).
- Antonym続くつづくNeutralThe direct opposite of 「途切れる」: to continue without a break (「雨が続く」).
- Antonym絶えないNeutralThe other antonym: something keeps occurring without pause (「笑顔が絶えない」).
Use 「途切れる」 when something continuous — a sound, a conversation, contact — breaks off, as in 「話が途切れる」 or 「連絡が途切れる」. For an ongoing activity being stopped, choose 「中断」; for a task reaching a natural pause, 「一段落」. 「続く」 is its antonym.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


