断絶

だんぜつ

extinction (e.g. of a family)

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Meanings

noun, takes する, intransitive extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation
noun, takes する, transitive, intransitive severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off; (generation) gap

Its kanji

断ダン · た.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
絶ゼツ · た.える、た.やす、た.つ discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled

In sentences

彼かれらの間あいだには世代せだいの断絶だんぜつがある。 There is a generation gap between them. #98535