絶える – vocab dash

絶たえる

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Meanings

Ichidan verb

Intransitive verb

1. to die out; to peter out; to become extinct

2. to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off

Kanji used

Pitch accent

たえる

Examples6

この習しゅう慣かんは絶たえて久ひさしい。

This custom became extinct a long time ago.

いまはもうこの種たねのちょうは絶たえてしまっている。

Butterflies of this species are now extinct.

台たい風ふうで本ほん土どとの通つう信しんが絶たえた。

All communication with the mainland was cut off by the typhoon.

あなたは多おおくの困こん難なんに絶たえ抜ぬかねばならない。

You have to go through many hardships.

彼かれが死しんでこの村むらで一いち番ばん古ふるい家か系けいが絶たえてしまった。

With his death, the oldest family in this village died out.

息子むすこのことで心しん配ぱいが絶たえません。近ちか頃ごろはテレビゲームばかりしていて、勉べん強きょうの方ほうはさっぱりです。

I'm never free from worry about my son. Nowadays, he does nothing but play video games, and never studies at all.