とぎれる

とぎれる · togireru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to pause

Togi = sharpened edge, -reru = to become; a blade-like cut in the flow.

とぎれる is 途切れる: 途 (way, path) + 切れる (to be cut). A path that gets cut off, so the flow stops and is interrupted.

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