絶

Meaning

絶 centers on a sharp break or end: cutting off, discontinuing, or severing a connection. The extended senses of being peerless or unparalleled come from the idea of being cut off from comparison, while abstaining or suppressing is cutting off an action or desire.

• 絶対ぜったい
  N4

  absolutely; definitely; unconditionally

• 絶望ぜつぼう
  N2

  despair; hopelessness

• 絶滅ぜつめつ
  N3

  extinction; extermination

• 絶賛ぜっさん

  high praise; great admiration; acclaim

• 拒絶きょぜつ
  N1

  refusal; rejection

• 絶妙ぜつみょう

  exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

• 絶えるたえる
  N2

  to die out; to peter out; to become extinct

• 絶頂ぜっちょう

  top (of a mountain); summit

• 絶叫ぜっきょう

  scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

• 気絶きぜつ
  N1

  faint; fainting; losing consciousness

• 絶大ぜつだい
  N1

  tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge

• 絶好ぜっこう
  N1

  best; ideal; perfect

• 絶好調ぜっこうちょう

  in perfect form; going swimmingly

• 中絶ちゅうぜつ
  N1

  abortion

• 絶えずたえず
  N2

  constantly; always; continually; steadily

• 根絶こんぜつ

  eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

• 絶縁ぜつえん

  breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)

• 断絶だんぜつ
  N1

  extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation

• 廃絶はいぜつ
  N1

  abolition; elimination

• 絶句ぜっく

  being lost for words; becoming speechless

• 絶やすたやす

  to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to put an end to

• 途絶えるとだえる
  N1

  to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

• 絶交ぜっこう
  N1

  breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture

• 絶対にぜったいに
  N3

  absolutely; definitely; unconditionally

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