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Grade 5JLPT N3

discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled

12 strokes · frequency rank #784

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ゼツ
Kun
た.える、た.やす、た.つ

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Common words

  1. ぜったいabsolutely; definitely; unconditionally1
    • Oh man! I was sure this was going to work out.

    • I'm absolutely sure!

    • There is no doubt.

  2. ちゅうぜつabortion2
    • I had an abortion two years ago.

    • The independent candidate took the abortion issue off his platform.

    • People are taking sides on the abortion issue.

  3. ぜっこうbest; ideal; perfect3
    • I missed a golden opportunity.

    • The weather couldn't have been better.

    • It's now or never.

  4. ぜつめつextinction; extermination4
    • Extinction is part of evolution.

    • Elephants are in danger of dying out.

    • The animals in the forest died off.

  5. ぜつぼうdespair; hopelessness5
    • I was often seized by despair.

    • The situation is hopeless.

    • He rallied from despair.

  6. はいぜつabolition; elimination6
    • All of us would like to get rid of nuclear weapons.

  7. きょぜつrefusal; rejection7
    • His answer amounts to a refusal.

    • I deny his request.

    • He was so adamant in his refusal.

  8. だんぜつextinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation8
    • That country broke off diplomatic relations with the United States.

    • There is a generation gap between them.

  9. こんぜつeradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out9
    • The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

  10. きぜつfaint; fainting; losing consciousness10
    • I fainted from the heat, and when I came to, I was in a life raft.

    • I think I'm going to faint.

    • She almost passed out.

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