Illustration: During a community rugby match on a riverside sports ground, a ball carrier drives through a narrow gap between two defenders. One defender’s arms have slipped off the runner’s waist, while the other is turning too late; both remain behind the runner’s advancing shoulders.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

突とっ破ぱ

toppa

to break through

Example sentences

彼かれらは敵陣てきじんを突破とっぱしようと試こころみた。
They attempted to break through the enemy line.
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敵てきの防衛線ぼうえいせんを突破とっぱした。
We broke through the enemy lines.
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我わが軍ぐんは敵てきの防御ぼうぎょを突破とっぱした。
Our army broke through the enemy defenses.
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Kanji in 突破

突stab; protrudingOnトツ・カKunつく
破rend; ripOnハKunやぶる・やぶれる・われる

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