切きり捨すてる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

cut off and throw away; cut away

Literal physical action: cutting something off and discarding it, such as trimming a branch or cutting off a damaged part.

• 枯かれた枝えだを切きり捨すてる。

  I cut off and discard the dead branches.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

abandon; discard; throw to the wolves

Figurative use: abandoning a person, idea, or thing as worthless or unnecessary, often with a cold or ruthless nuance.

• 会かい社しゃは都つ合ごうの悪わるい社しゃ員いんを平へい気きで切きり捨すてる。

  The company coldly discards employees who become inconvenient.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

round down; drop; omit

Mathematical or data-handling sense: discarding digits after a certain decimal place, or omitting insignificant figures.

• 小しょう数すう点てん以い下かは切きり捨すてて整せい数すうで表ひょう示じする。

  Digits after the decimal point are dropped and displayed as an integer.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

cut down; slay

Only when written 斬り捨てる

Archaic or literary sense: cutting someone down with a sword. Rare in modern usage; the spelling 斬り捨てる is specific to this meaning.

• 侍さむらいが敵てきを斬きり捨すてる場ば面めんが描えがかれている。

  A scene is depicted where a samurai cuts down an enemy.