断ち切る

たちきる

Also written 裁ち切る, 截ち切る

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off
2. to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.); to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle)
3. to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block; to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)

Kanji

• 断 sever. Read as たつ.
• 切 cut. Read as きる.

Example sentences

• つまらない誤解が彼らの長い友情を断ち切った。
  A foolish misunderstanding severed their long friendship.
• 習慣は一度身についてしまうと、断ち切るのがとても難しい。
  A habit is very difficult to shake off once it is formed.
• 彼は喫煙という悪い習慣を断ち切った。
  He broke himself of the bad habit of smoking.
• 悪い習慣を断ち切るのって、簡単にはいかないんだよ。
  It's not easy to get rid of a bad habit.

Common phrases

• 関係を断ち切る
• 流れを断ち切る
• 思いを断ち切る
• 連鎖を断ち切る
• 悪循環を断ち切る

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