Illustration: In a small company meeting room, two negotiating delegations abruptly leave opposite sides of a conference table. One representative snaps a briefcase shut while the other turns away with a rigid jaw and a rejecting palm. Their chairs have been pushed back sharply.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

決けつ裂れつ

ketsuretsu

to break down, to rupture

Usually describes talks or relations failing. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 交渉こうしょうの決裂けつれつは戦争せんそうを引ひき起おこすことになるだろう。

    A breakdown in the negotiations will mean war.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. このため、和睦交渉わぼくこうしょうは決裂けつれつする。

    Therefore, the reconciliatory negotiation fell apart.

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

  3. 協議きょうぎはいったん決裂けつれつしたが、同年伏見どうねんふしみが53歳さいで死去しきょすると両統りょうとうの力関係ちからかんけいが変かわる。

    The discussions broke up, but the power balance between the two lines changed when Fushimi died at 53 in the same year.

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

Kanji in 決裂

  • 決decide; fixOnケツKunきめる・きまる・さく
  • 裂split; rendOnレツKunさく・さける

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