絶
絶
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
12 strokesFrequency 784JLPT N2Grade 5
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た.えるた.やすた.つ
Dictionary
Common Words
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Adverb (fukushi)
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
Examples
アーア、絶対うまくいくと思ったのになあ。
Oh man! I was sure this was going to work out.
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
absolute; unconditional; unmistakable
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Common noun
absoluteness
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despair; hopelessness
Examples
私はしばしば絶望感に襲われた。
I was often seized by despair.
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refusal; rejection
Examples
彼の返答は拒絶も同然だ。
His answer amounts to a refusal.
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faint; fainting; losing consciousness
Examples
その暑さで気絶して、気がついたら救命いかだの中にいた。
I fainted from the heat, and when I came to, I was in a life raft.
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scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
Examples
彼女は私が悪いと絶叫した。
She screamed that I was to blame.
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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct
Examples
いまはもうこの種のちょうは絶えてしまっている。
Butterflies of this species are now extinct.
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to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off
Examples
この習慣は絶えて久しい。
This custom became extinct a long time ago.
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absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
Examples
この事は絶対に口外しません。
I'll never tell this to anyone.
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being lost for words; becoming speechless
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jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
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to sever; to cut off
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to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
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to abstain (from); to give up
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