捨

Meaning

捨 centers on letting go of something: discarding, throwing away, abandoning, or resigning from it. The ideas of rejecting and sacrificing are natural extensions of giving something up.

• 捨てるすてる
  N5

  to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard

• 使い捨てつかいすて
  N1

  throwaway; disposable; single-use

• 切り捨てきりすて

  cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder

• 呼び捨てよびすて
  N1

  addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

• 捨離しゃり

  abandoning all worldly desires

• 見捨てるみすてる
  N1

  to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

• ポイ捨てポイすて
  N4

  littering; (carelessly) tossing away

• 切り捨てるきりすてる
  N1

  to cut off and throw away

• 取捨選択しゅしゃせんたく

  selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject

• 捨て身すてみ

  putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

• 投げ捨てるなげすてる

  to throw away

• 四捨五入ししゃごにゅう
  N2

  rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero

• 捨て去るすてさる

  to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

• 捨しゃ

  equanimity; upeksa; upekkha

• 捨て子すてご

  abandoned child; foundling

• 世捨て人よすてびと

  hermit; recluse

• かなぐり捨てるかなぐりすてる

  to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

• 喜捨きしゃ

  almsgiving

• 捨て石すていし

  ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock

• 脱ぎ捨てるぬぎすてる

  to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to kick off (shoes)

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