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突破 (とっぱ) — breaking through | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

突破

とっぱ

nountransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1breaking through
2breakthrough
3penetration
4surmounting (a difficulty)
5overcoming
6getting over
7exceeding
8passing

Example sentence

わが連合艦隊は敵の防衛海域を突破した。

Our combined fleet broke through the enemy's defense zone.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

突Stab, Protruding, Thrust8 strokes 破Rend, Rip, Tear10 strokes

More words with 突

突っ張るつっぱる · to supportN1 楯突くたてつく · to defy 突き当たりつきあたり · end (e.g., of street)N2 突然とつぜん · abruptlyN3 突っ込むつっこむ · to plunge intoN2

Full entry on Jisho

激突げきとつ · crash

突尼斯チュニジア · Tunisia

突如とつじょ · suddenlyN1

More words with 破

破損はそん · damageN1 爆破ばくは · blastN1 破棄はき · revocationN1 破片はへん · fragmentN2 破産はさん · (personal) bankruptcyN3 破裂はれつ · explosionN1 破くやぶく · to tearN2 破るやぶる · to tearN3

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