Illustration: A sudden downpour interrupts a neighborhood baseball game. The batter still grips the bat beside home plate, the catcher has risen halfway from a crouch, and the umpire raises both hands to halt play.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう断だん

chuudan

to interrupt, to suspend

Example sentences

彼かれは仕事しごとを中断ちゅうだんして電話でんわに出でた。
He interrupted his work to answer the phone.
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試合しあいは一時いちじ中断ちゅうだんされた。
The game was suspended.
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裁判さいばんを中断ちゅうだんするのは不可能ふかのうだ。
Suspending the trial is out of the question.
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Kanji in 中断

中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
断cut; decideOnダンKunたつ・ことわる・さだめる

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