断 ち切 る tachikiru
1. to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off
2. to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.); to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle)
3. to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block; to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)
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1. Did not cut off.; Did not state firmly.
1. Just cut off; Recently severed
1. To cut off; To stop abruptly
1. Don't cut it off.; Don't stop abruptly.
1. Must not sever.; Must not cut off.
1. Don't have to cut it off.; Don't have to break it off.
1. Must cut off.; Must break off.
1. Want to quit; Want to break off
1. Don't want to quit.; Don't want to break with.
1. Looks cut off; Looks severed
1. Don't cut it off.; Don't sever it.
1. They say they cut it off.; Apparently, they severed it.
1. Just cut it off.; Just finished cutting it.
1. If/when to sever; If/when to cut off
1. Seemed to have broken off; Appeared to have severed
1. To be made to stop; To be forced to quit
1. To have someone stop; To have someone break off
1. About to sever/cut off (appearance); Looks like will decisively end/break off
1. Abruptly cut off; Left unfinished
1. Cutting off and completing; Resolving firmly
1. It is said that [someone] will stop.; It is said that [someone] will break off [a relationship/engagement].
1. If/when to cut off; If/when to sever
1. Seems; It appears
1. Seems to have decided; Apparently cuts off