Illustration: In a family home being permanently emptied, a caretaker kneels beside a long sequence of framed family photographs arranged chronologically along a cabinet. Earlier photographs show parents with children who reappear as adults in the next generation.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

断だん絶ぜつ

danzetsu

to die out

Often used of a family line ending. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 清水谷家しみずたにかは断絶だんぜつした。

    Hence, it was the end of the Shimizudani family.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. そのために恒世親王つねよしんのうの系統けいとうは断絶だんぜつした。

    As a result, the line of Imperial Prince Tsuneyo became extinct.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. このため、分部氏わけべしの系統けいとうはわずか3代だいで断絶だんぜつした。

    This is why a line of the Wakebe clan ended only in three generations.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 断絶

  • 断cut; decideOnダンKunたつ・ことわる・さだめる
  • 絶discontinue; severOnゼツKunたえる・たやす・たつ

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