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縁を切る

Reading

Kana: えんをきる
Romaji: enwokiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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1

to get a divorce; to sever connections

Kanji

縁
Readings: エン、 -ネン、 ふち、 ふちど.る、 ゆかり、 よすが、 へり、 えにし
Meanings: affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
切
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp

Example Sentences

ああいう男(おとこ)とは縁(えん)を切(き)れ。
➥Break off with such a man as that.
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彼女(かのじょ)は随分(ずいぶん)前(まえ)に家族(かぞく)と縁(えん)を切(き)った。
➥She broke with her family long ago.
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どうやったら彼(かれ)と縁(えん)を切(き)ることが出来(でき)るだろうか。
➥How can I get rid of him?
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彼(かれ)はスージーと縁(えん)を切(き)った。
➥He has done with Susie.
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私(わたし)は金(きん)をせびる男(おとこ)と縁(えん)を切(き)ることにしています。
➥It's my policy to break it off with men who ask for money.
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