JLPT N1 · Verb

絶える (taeru)

絶える (たえる, taeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to die out; to peter out”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たえる
Romaji: taeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct · ichidan verb, intransitive
to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

いまはもうこの種のちょうは絶えてしまっている。

Butterflies of this species are now extinct.

Tatoeba #228530

この習慣は絶えて久しい。

This custom became extinct a long time ago.

Tatoeba #221251

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 絶える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	絶える	たえる taeru
Polite (~masu)	絶えます	たえます taemasu
Negative	絶えない	たえない taenai
Polite negative	絶えません	たえません taemasen
Past	絶えた	たえた taeta
Polite past	絶えました	たえました taemashita
Negative past	絶えなかった	たえなかった taenakatta
Te-form	絶えて	たえて taete
Potential	絶えられる	たえられる taerareru
Passive	絶えられる	たえられる taerareru
Causative	絶えさせる	たえさせる taesaseru
Volitional	絶えよう	たえよう taeyou
Imperative	絶えろ	たえろ taero
Conditional (~ba)	絶えれば	たえれば taereba

Kanji in 絶える

絶

discontinue, sever, cut offゼツ・た.える・た.やす · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 絶える.

絶対ぜったいabsolutely絶滅ぜつめつextinction絶えずたえずconstantly拒絶きょぜつrefusal途絶えるとだえるto stop絶版ぜっぱんout of print謝絶しゃぜつrefusal

Source: JMdict entry 1386710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.