絶ぜっ交こう

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絶交する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	絶ぜっ交こうする	絶ぜっ交こうしない
Polite	絶ぜっ交こうします	絶ぜっ交こうしません
Past polite	絶ぜっ交こうしました	絶ぜっ交こうしませんでした
Past	絶ぜっ交こうした	絶ぜっ交こうしなかった
Te-form	絶ぜっ交こうして	絶ぜっ交こうしないで
Desire	絶ぜっ交こうしたい	絶ぜっ交こうしたくない
Potential	絶ぜっ交こうできる	絶ぜっ交こうできない
Passive	絶ぜっ交こうされる	絶ぜっ交こうされない
Causative	絶ぜっ交こうさせる	絶ぜっ交こうさせない
Causative passive	絶ぜっ交こうさせられる	絶ぜっ交こうさせられない
Volitional	絶ぜっ交こうしよう
Polite volitional	絶ぜっ交こうしましょう
Imperative	絶ぜっ交こうしろ	絶ぜっ交こうするな
Conditional	絶ぜっ交こうすれば	絶ぜっ交こうしなければ
Tara conditional	絶ぜっ交こうしたら	絶ぜっ交こうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture

Refers to a deliberate, often final, severing of a personal relationship. Commonly used with する to mean 'to break off relations with someone'.

彼かれとはもう絶ぜっ交こうしている。
I have already broken off relations with him.
友ゆう人じんと絶ぜっ交こうするのは辛つらい。
It's painful to break off a friendship.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と絶ぜっ交こうするto break off relations with someone
彼かれとはもう絶ぜっ交こうした。
I've already cut off all ties with him.

Kanji

絶discontinue, sever, cut off
交mingle, mixing, association

Related words

断だん交こう
断交 is used for severing diplomatic or organizational ties, while 絶交 is for personal relationships.
絶ぜつ縁えん
絶縁 implies cutting off family ties or disowning, often with a stronger legal or ritual connotation than 絶交.
疎そ遠えんN1
絶交 means to deliberately and often permanently cut off a relationship, while 疎遠 describes a gradual drifting apart without any decisive break.
手てを切きるN1
手を切る is often used for cutting off a specific kind of relationship (e.g. business, romantic, criminal), while 絶交する specifically means to break off a friendship entirely.
決けつ別べつ
絶交 focuses on cutting off a personal relationship entirely, whereas 決別 can apply more broadly to breaking with a person, group, or way of life.

Opposites

仲なか直なおりN3
仲直り means making up and restoring a friendship, the opposite of 絶交, which means breaking it off entirely.
交こう際さいN3
絶交 means to cut off a relationship entirely, the opposite of 交際, which means maintaining social or personal ties.
付つき合あいN3
絶交 means to cut off a relationship entirely, the opposite of maintaining a 付き合い with someone.

Don't confuse with

断だん絶ぜつN1
絶交 specifically means cutting off a friendship with a particular person, while 断絶 is broader and can apply to relations, lineages, traditions, or diplomatic ties.

Word family

絶ぜっ交こう状じょう
letter breaking off relations; Dear John letter
共きょう同どう絶ぜっ交こう
ostracism; shunning; collective boycott

Written forms

絶ぜっ交こうUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling.
ゼッコウUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 絶 (to sever) and 交 (intercourse, association). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of cutting off social relations.