断ち切るように言葉がきっぱりして適切なこと。
This sentence means: word like '断ち切る' is relevant to きっぱりして(?)(?)
I know that 断ち切る modifies きっぱりする but I don't get the meaning of this sentence.
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I changed the title of your post because it would probably be overlooked the way it was since direct translation requests are off-topic here. So since this question shows knowledge and effort, I didn't want it to go overlooked. – istrasci Aug 3 '16 at 15:29
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1I would not call that a sentence. – l'électeur Dec 2 '16 at 8:48
Isn't this a word definition in some dictionary?
断ち切るように and きっぱり both mean clearly, unambiguously, decisively, etc. In English you can say clear-cut, too.
I don't think 断ち切るように modifies きっぱりする. This 断ち切るように adverbially modifies 言葉がきっぱりして適切な as a whole.
断ち切るように言葉がきっぱりして適切なこと
(lit.) for words to be clear and adequate as if it were sharply cut.
using words clearly and adequately.
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this sentence : 言葉がきっぱりして適切なことexplain 断ち切る？ -> 言葉がきっぱりして適切なこと->it doesnt mean : it is adequate (適切なこと)to make words to be clear (言葉がきっぱりして)/for words to be clear and adequate(？) – Devina Muljono Aug 4 '16 at 7:07
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I said "断ち切るように modifies 言葉がきっぱりして適切な", not the other way around. And where did you see this "sentence" in the first place? This is not a full sentence but a noun phrase. This sentence does not say some concrete thing is good or bad, but it describes the definition of some word. – naruto Aug 4 '16 at 9:14
