突破 (toppa)
突破 (とっぱ, toppa) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “breaking through; breakthrough”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とっぱ
- Romaji
- toppa
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- breaking through; breakthrough; penetration · noun, suru verb, transitive
- surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; getting over; accomplishing (an aim); reaching (a goal) · noun, suru verb, transitive
- exceeding; passing; rising above · noun, suru verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 突破
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 突破する | とっぱする toppasuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 突破します | とっぱします toppashimasu |
| Negative | 突破しない | とっぱしない toppashinai |
| Polite negative | 突破しません | とっぱしません toppashimasen |
| Past | 突破した | とっぱした toppashita |
| Polite past | 突破しました | とっぱしました toppashimashita |
| Negative past | 突破しなかった | とっぱしなかった toppashinakatta |
| Te-form | 突破して | とっぱして toppashite |
| Potential | 突破できる | とっぱできる toppadekiru |
| Passive | 突破される | とっぱされる toppasareru |
| Causative | 突破させる | とっぱさせる toppasaseru |
| Volitional | 突破しよう | とっぱしよう toppashiyou |
| Imperative | 突破しろ | とっぱしろ toppashiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 突破すれば | とっぱすれば toppasureba |
Kanji in 突破
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 突破.
衝突しょうとつcollision突くつくto prick突然とつぜんabrupt煙突えんとつchimney突っ込むつっこむto thrust (something) into (something)突き当たりつきあたりend (of a street, hallway, etc.)突き当たるつきあたるto run into突如とつじょsuddenly突くつつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)突っ張るつっぱるto cramp up突っ突くつっつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)破るやぶるto tear破産はさんbankruptcy破れるやぶれるto get torn
Source: JMdict entry 1457100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.