断ち切る

• 読み: たちきる
• ローマ字: tachikiru
• 漢字の分解: 断 (dan/ta) — to sever, cut off | 切 (setsu/ki) — to cut
• 発音: /ta.tɕi.ki.ɾɯ/

意味

To cut off; to sever completely; to break off ties or a habit; to put an end to.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb from 断つ (to sever, to cut off) and 切る (to cut). Together they emphasise the completeness and finality of severing something — a relationship, an addiction, a chain of negative events, or a physical object. The double cutting imagery reinforces the decisiveness of the act. Often used for breaking off unhealthy relationships, quitting addictions, or ending a negative cycle.

例文

1. 長年の喫煙習慣をついに断ち切ることができ、医師も驚くほど健康状態が改善した。
2. 彼は過去との縁を断ち切るために、故郷を離れて遠い都市に移り住んだ。
3. 代々続いた貧困の連鎖を断ち切ることが、この社会政策の最大の目的だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: relationships, addiction recovery, social policy, personal resolve

トーン: decisive

起源と歴史

Compound of 断つ (to sever, cut off; from 絶つ, to end completely) and 切る (to cut). The redundancy of two cutting verbs reinforces the finality and completeness of the severance.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Present

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal