Keyword
cut off
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig1891
Old form絕
Readings
ぜっ
(62%)
ぜつ
(26%)
た
(6%)
ぜ
(2%)
だ
(1%)
Composed of
thread
color
Mnemonic

The color of this thread is different than the color of you dress... I guess it was cut off from a different piece of clothing?

Used in vocabulary (259 in total)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
despair; hopelessness
refusal; rejection
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
desperate; hopeless
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
best; ideal; perfect
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
end of life; death; breathing one's last
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
fainting in agony
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
in perfect form; going swimmingly
to die; to lay down life's burden
beyond imagination; unimaginable
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
superb view; picturesque scenery
to die out; to become extinct
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
unceasing; never-ending; endless
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
precipice; cliff; flat head
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
absolute obedience; complete submission
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
abortion; discontinuance; stoppage; suspension
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
rave reviews; extremely high praise
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
special move (e.g. in martial arts)
nothing; nil; naught; nought
refusing visitors (esp. in a hospital); not allowing visitors
feeble; faint
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
never ceasing; never ending
exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
total abolition of nuclear weapons
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled
unceasing; never-ending; endless
distant seas
out of print
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
thrill ride (at an amusement park)
unceasing; relentless
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
absolute amount; absolute quantity
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
to be beyond words; to defy description
absolute pitch; perfect pitch
feelings of rejection
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment
refusal; declining
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)
expiry; dying; death
very bad condition; (in) terrible form; serious slump
peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break
taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute
height of one's popularity; peak of one's popularity
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
(of a kind) never to be seen again
thrill ride (at an amusement park)
superb poem or song
abortion; pregnancy termination
to expire; to die; to draw one's last breath
superb (view, landscape)
being isolated; being separated; being cut off
to wipe out; to put an end to
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
incredibly beautiful; gorgeous
incessantly; without a pause
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
being of unbounded energy; being with matchless vigor; having endless sexual stamina
unique; unsurpassed; ranking foremost
threatened (species); endangered
evaluation on an absolute scale
disownment
unceasing; never-ending; endless
one's last (piece of) writing; last work; ceasing to write; giving up writing
great difference
electrical tape; insulating tape; friction tape
to be extinguished; to be exterminated; to cease completely
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
number of parliamentary seats required in order for the ruling coalition to chair all standing committees and pass bills without the support of other parties
extinction event; mass extinction
absolutely unforgivable; completely inexcusable
abortion pill; abortion-inducing drug
mass extinction; extinction event
extinct family
extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter
golden opportunity
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off
absolute coordinate; absolute address
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
extremely sad (event, occurrence); great pity
very rare; exquisite
poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
end (of a family bloodline); dying
absolute knowledge
to strike at the root of an evil
absolute temperature; measure of temperature from absolute zero (-273C)
letter breaking off relations; Dear John letter
absolute (as opposed to relative) motion
fainting in agony
endangerment (of a species)
giving up; abandoning (hope, plans)
Extinct in the Wild (conservation status); EW
absoluteness; incomparability; supremacy
peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)
delicious flavor; superb taste
to lose all customers (visitors, etc.)
starvation cure; fasting treatment; medical fasting
perfect vacuum; absolute vacuum
splendor; splendour; superb view
absolutism (phil.)
to run out of sake; to be out of sake; to run out of alcohol
complete ban; total prohibition
to give up; to abandon
to expire; to die; to draw one's last breath
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis); mosquito fish; gambusia
a strong foundation can withstand any storm; (lit.) an old river does not run out of water
peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
lonely (isolated) island
absolute respectful speech; absolute honorifics
to die; to lay down life's burden
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
incessantly; without a pause
incessantly; without a pause
incessantly; without a pause
to be extinguished; to be exterminated; to cease completely
(arch.) (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); excellence (of scenery, etc.)
mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis); mosquito fish; gambusia
constantly; always; continually; steadily
repeated reading; close (careful) reading; careful perusal
scenic beauty; magnificent (spectacular) view
sheer; precipitous
sheer; precipitous
coitus interruptus; withdrawal before ejaculation
absolute command; absolute instruction
absolute command; absolute instruction
constant; incessant; without break; continuous
ostracism (from a village or community)
breaking off a relationship
pause; intermission; break; interruption; suspension
pause; intermission; break; interruption; suspension
insulator film; insulator tape; electrical film
(electrical) insulating coating; insulating varnish
final rejection (e.g. of a patent)
isolation transformer; isolating transformer; insulating transformer
oversleeping and hence feeling despair
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
loud scream; screaming at the top of one's lungs
insulating oil; transformer oil
Buddhist image which must never be viewed
unceasing; constant; endless; undying
absolute condition; essential requirement
Examples (200 in total)
No, we'll never become humans!
Is this absolutely necessary?
Is that absolutely necessary?