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.
枯れた枝を切り捨てる。
I cut off and discard the dead branches.
会社は都合の悪い社員を平気で切り捨てる。
The company coldly discards employees who become inconvenient.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Mathematical or data-handling sense: discarding digits after a certain decimal place, or omitting insignificant figures.
小数点以下は切り捨てて整数で表示する。
Digits after the decimal point are dropped and displayed as an integer.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
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.
侍が敵を斬り捨てる場面が描かれている。
A scene is depicted where a samurai cuts down an enemy.