切きり下さげる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

cut down; prune; reduce; cut shorter

General verb for physically cutting something shorter or reducing length, amount, or level. Also used for pruning plants.

枝えだを切きり下さげて、木きの形かたちを整ととのえた。
I pruned the branches to shape the tree.

政せい

府ふ

は

来らい

年ねん

度ど

の

予よ

算さん

を

切き

り

下さ

げる

方ほう

針しん

だ

。

The government plans to cut the budget for next fiscal year.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

round down

Mathematical or numerical use: to round a number down to the nearest whole number or specified decimal place.

計けい算さん結けっ果かの小しょう数すう点てん以い下かを切きり下さげて整せい数すうにした。
I rounded down the decimal part of the calculation result to an integer.

Written forms

切きり下さげるUsage77%
Standard kanji spelling; used in news and general writing.
斬きり下さげるUsage21%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; 斬 carries a nuance of slashing or cutting with a blade.
切きりさげるUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
下below, down, descend
斬beheading, kill, murder

Similar words

切きり捨すてる
切り捨てる means to cut off and discard, or to truncate a number (drop decimal places without rounding). 切り下げる specifically means to round down, which may still involve adjusting the integer part.
切きり上あげる
切り上げる is the antonym for rounding up. 切り下げる is used for rounding down.

Etymology

Compound of 切る (kiru, 'cut') + 下げる (sageru, 'lower'). The literal meaning is 'cut and lower', which extended to reducing amounts and rounding down numbers.