捨すてる

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

throw away; discard; dump

Physically getting rid of something unwanted, such as trash or unneeded items.

ゴミを捨すててください。
Please throw away the trash.
古ふるい雑ざっ誌しを全ぜん部ぶ捨すてた。
I threw away all the old magazines.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

abandon; desert; leave behind

Leaving a person, place, or responsibility behind, often with a sense of forsaking.

彼かれは家か族ぞくを捨すてて家いえを出でた。
He abandoned his family and left home.
子こ犬いぬを道みちに捨すてるなんてひどい。
It's cruel to abandon a puppy on the street.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

give up; resign from; renounce

Voluntarily letting go of a position, hope, habit, or claim; often used with 仕事, 希望, 習慣, etc.

彼かれは会かい社しゃを捨すてて独どく立りつした。
He gave up his job at the company and went independent.
悪わるい習しゅう慣かんは早はやく捨すてたほうがいい。
You should give up bad habits as soon as possible.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

sacrifice (stones in Go)

go (game)

Technical Go term: deliberately sacrificing one's own stones to gain a strategic advantage.

Written forms

捨すてるUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
棄すてるUsage6%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 捨てる is overwhelmingly preferred.
すてるUsage4%

Kanji

捨discard, throw away, abandon
棄abandon, throw away, discard

Similar words

投なげ捨すてる
Implies a more forceful or careless throwing away, often with a sense of discarding in a rough manner.
見み捨すてる
Focuses on abandoning someone emotionally or refusing to help, whereas 捨てる can be physical or abstract.

Etymology

Derived from classical verb 捨つ (sutu), which became 捨てる in modern Japanese. The kanji 捨 is composed of 扌 (hand) and 舎 (house), suggesting the idea of letting go or discarding.