突破口(とっぱこう)

とっぱこう
noun
breakthrough, opening
1. breach, gap (in defenses)
A hole or opening broken through fortifications or enemy lines in military contexts.
敵陣(てきじん)に突破口(とっぱこう)を開(ひら)く。
Open a breach in enemy lines.
軍(ぐん)は突破口(とっぱこう)から一気(いっき)に攻(せ)め込(こ)んだ。
The army rushed in through the breach at once.
防御(ぼうぎょ)の突破口(とっぱこう)を探(さが)す。
Search for a gap in the defenses.
2. breakthrough, opening, way out
A means of escape from a difficult situation; a key that opens up new possibilities.
突破口(とっぱこう)を見(み)つける。
Find a breakthrough.
この技術(ぎじゅつ)が問題(もんだい)解決(かいけつ)の突破口(とっぱこう)になるかもしれない。
This technology might be the breakthrough to solving the problem.
交渉(こうしょう)の突破口(とっぱこう)を開(ひら)くために、条件(じょうけん)を緩(ゆる)めた。
I loosened the conditions to open a breakthrough in negotiations.

突破口(とっぱこう) refers to an opening or breakthrough, whether literal or figurative.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 突破口(とっぱこう)を開(ひら)く (open a breakthrough)
  • 突破口(とっぱこう)を見(み)つける (find a breakthrough)
  • 突破口(とっぱこう)になる (become a breakthrough)
  • 突破口(とっぱこう)を探(さが)す (search for a breakthrough)

ETYMOLOGY: 突破(とっぱ) (breakthrough) + 口(こう) (opening/mouth)

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Added 2026.2.1 16:52
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