言こと葉ばを切きる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

stop talking; break off; pause

Used when someone stops speaking mid-sentence or abruptly ends their speech, often implying hesitation, emotion, or a deliberate pause.

• 彼かれは何なにか言いいかけて、急きゅうに言こと葉ばを切きった。

  He started to say something, then suddenly stopped talking.

• 涙なみだで言こと葉ばを切きる場ば面めんが印いん象しょう的てきだった。

  The scene where she broke off her words in tears was striking.