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break; interruption; pause; gap
A point where something that was continuous stops or is interrupted temporarily. Used for conversations, sounds, connections, lines of people, and other things that flow or continue.
会話に途切れがあった。
There was a pause in the conversation.
客の途切れた時間に休憩を取った。
I took a break during a lull in customers.
信号の途切れが発生して、通信が一時的に止まった。
A signal interruption occurred and communication temporarily stopped.
Noun form of the verb 途切れる (to be interrupted, to break off). Describes a gap or pause in something that is normally continuous.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 途切れなく: without interruption, continuously
- 途切れ途切れ: intermittently, in fits and starts
- 会話の途切れ: a pause in conversation
- 客の途切れ: a lull in customers
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 中断: interruption — deliberate stopping of an activity, more formal
- 間: pause, interval — a natural space or gap, especially in speech or music
- 途絶: complete cessation — stronger than 途切れ, implies total stoppage