絶ぜつ縁えん状じょう

noun

letter of severance; Dear John letter

A formal written notice ending a personal relationship, often a romantic one. The term 絶縁状 is somewhat literary and dramatic; in modern casual contexts people might simply say 別れの手紙.

• 彼かの女じょから突とつ然ぜん絶ぜつ縁えん状じょうが届とどいた。

  I suddenly received a letter of severance from her.

• 絶ぜつ縁えん状じょうを書かくのはとても辛つらかった。

  Writing a Dear John letter was very painful.