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突破 (とっぱ): breaking through, breakthrough, penetration — Japanese vocabulary

突破 is read とっぱ and means "breaking through, breakthrough, penetration". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

突破

Reading
とっぱ · toppa
Translation
breaking through, breakthrough, penetration
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とっぱがとっぱが

Example

彼らは敵陣を突破しようと試みた。

かれらはてきじんをとっぱしようとこころみた。

They attempted to break through the enemy line.

Kanji in this word

  • 突 — thrust, 突進
  • 破 — break

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