Word Meaning 突破

とっぱ toppa

突破 is read as とっぱ (toppa) and means breaking through.

Meaning

English

breaking through
breakthrough
penetration
exceeding
passing
rising above
surmounting (a difficulty)
overcoming

Reading

Kana

とっぱ

Romaji

toppa

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper grade Rank 5612 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

突き破る

つきやぶる

to break through

突破口を開く

とっぱこうをひらく

to make a breakthrough

突破口

とっぱこう

breakthrough (research, etc.)

強行突破

きょうこうとっぱ

force (bulldoze) one's way through

正面突破

しょうめんとっぱ

breaking the front line

難関突破

なんかんとっぱ

overcoming a difficulty

危機突破

ききとっぱ

crisis relief

中央突破

ちゅうおうとっぱ

central breakthrough

突然

とつぜん

abrupt

突き当たる

つきあたる

to come to the end of (a street)

突っ込む

つっこむ

to delve into (a matter)

突入

とつにゅう

plunging into (war, etc.)

Example Sentences

我が軍は敵の防御を突破した。

Our army broke through the enemy defenses.

敵の防御は強力だったが我々は突破しようと試みた。

Though the enemy's defenses were strong, we tried to break through.

「若さ」の前に不可能も無ければ、陰翳も無い、それは一切を突破する力であり、一切を明るくする太陽である。

To "youth" there is neither impossibility nor gloom. It is the power that overcomes everything, the sun that brightens everything.