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断つ たつ N3

  1. to cut off; to sever
  2. to eradicate; to exterminate; to suppress
  3. to abstain (from); to give up

食を断つ しょくをたつ

  1. to fast

退路を断つ たいろをたつ

  1. to cut off the retreat

快刀乱麻を断つ かいとうらんまをたつ

  1. to cut the Gordian knot

肉を切らせて骨を断つ にくをきらせてほねをたつ

  1. to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to lose a battle to win the war

思い断つ おもいたつ

  1. to abandon; to give up
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