決裂

• 読み: けつれつ
• ローマ字: ketsuretsu
• 漢字の分解: 決 (ketsu/ki) — decide, break; 裂 (retsu/sa) — tear, split, rend
• 発音: /ketsɯɾetsɯ/

意味

Breakdown; rupture; collapse. The complete failure of negotiations, talks, or an agreement.

A suru-verb noun used specifically for the breakdown of negotiations, diplomatic talks, or agreements. Unlike 失敗 (failure), 決裂 implies that two parties were engaged in a process that has now irreparably fractured. Common in political, business, and diplomatic reporting.

例文

1. 交渉は最終局面で決裂し、合意には至らなかった。
2. 労使交渉が決裂したことで、大規模なストライキが始まった。
3. 首脳会談の決裂は、両国関係に深刻な影を落とした。

使い方ガイド

場面: diplomacy, business negotiations, labour relations, politics

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

Compound of 決 (ketsu, to decide/break) and 裂 (retsu, to tear/split). The image is of something being decisively torn apart — an agreement split beyond repair.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional