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N2 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

()えるto die out, to peter out, to become extinct, to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off

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    1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to die out, to peter out, to become extinct

    2. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off

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    絶える 【たえる】断える 【たえる】

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    Examples

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      (いのち)()(ひと)をお(はか)()れる。

      Put the person whose life petered out in the grave.

      • N2

      子供(こども)()まなかったので血筋(ちすじ)()ました。

      Because I didn't have children, the bloodline has died out.

      • N2

      都会(とかい)では人通(ひとどお)りが()える(こと)がほとんどありません。

      In the city, the passing of people never ceases.

      • N2

      両親(りょうしん)からの仕送(しおく)りが()ては、(わたし)()らしていく(こと)出来(でき)ません。

      If the financial support from my parents were to be cut off, I wouldn't be able to make a living.

      • N2

      (いき)()るか()ないかのうちに、祖父(そふ)は「(あい)している」と(つぶや)いた。

      His breathing almost petering out, my grandfather whispered, 'I love you.'

      • N2
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