Illustration: At a neighborhood plumbing workshop, a worker has just finished cutting through a narrow metal pipe clamped to a workbench. The main length remains secured in the vise, while the short offcut rests separately in a shallow tray beneath it.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

切せつ断だん

setsudan

to cut off, to sever

Example sentences

  1. 強風きょうふうのため電線でんせんが数箇所すうかしょで切断せつだんされた。

    The strong wind cut the electric wires in several places.

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  2. 生魚なまざかなの頭部とうぶを切断せつだんし、内臓ないぞうを除去じょきょする。

    Cut off the head of the fish and remove the internal organs.

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

  3. そのため、建物たてものの倒壊とうかい・埋没まいぼつ、電柱でんちゅうの倒壊とうかいや電線でんせんの切断せつだんによる停電ていでんなども起おこる。

    Therefore, buildings may be destroyed or buried, utility posts may be tumbled down, and electric power outage may occur due to the breaking of electric wires.

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

Kanji in 切断

  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる
  • 断cut; decideOnダンKunたつ・ことわる・さだめる

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