断つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
断
た
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
斷つ (kyūjitai)
絶つ
截つ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「絶つ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		絶つ たつ
Imperative (命令形) 絶て たて
Key constructions
Passive 絶たれる たたれる
Causative 絶たせる たたせる
Potential 絶てる たてる
Volitional 絶とう たとー
Negative 絶たない たたない
Negative perfective 絶たなかった たたなかった
Formal 絶ちます たちます
Perfective 絶った たった
Conjunctive 絶って たって
Hypothetical conditional 絶てば たてば

Verb

断(た)つ • (tatsu) transitive godan (stem 断(た)ち (tachi), past 断(た)った (tatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 断(た)つ
mediopassive 絶(た)える
  1. to sever
    関係(かんけい)を絶(た)つ
    kankei o tatsu
    sever a relationship
  2. to end
    命(いのち)を絶(た)つ
    inochi o tatsu
    end a life

Conjugation

Conjugation of "断つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 断た たた tata
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 断ち たち tachi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 断つ たつ tatsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 断つ たつ tatsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 断て たて tate
Meireikei ("imperative") 断て たて tate
Key constructions
Passive 断たれる たたれる tatareru
Causative 断たせる
断たす 		たたせる
たたす 		tataseru
tatasu
Potential 断てる たてる tateru
Volitional 断とう たとう tatō
Negative 断たない たたない tatanai
Negative continuative 断たず たたず tatazu
Formal 断ちます たちます tachimasu
Perfective 断った たった tatta
Conjunctive 断って たって tatte
Hypothetical conditional 断てば たてば tateba
Classical conjugation of "断つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 断た たた tata
Continuative (連用形) 断ち たち tati
Terminal (終止形) 断つ たつ tatu
Attributive (連体形) 断つ たつ tatu
Realis (已然形) 断て たて tate
Imperative (命令形) 断て たて tate
Key constructions
Negative 断たず たたず tatazu
Contrasting conjunction 断てど たてど tatedo
Causal conjunction 断てば たてば tateba
Conditional conjunction 断たば たたば tataba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 断ちき たちき tatiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 断ちけり たちけり tatikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 断ちつ たちつ tatitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 断ちぬ たちぬ tatinu
Perfect-continuative tense 断てり
断ちたり		 たてり
たちたり		 tateri
tatitari
Volitional 断たむ たたむ tatamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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