切り捨てる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 切り捨てる | 切り捨てない |
| Polite | 切り捨てます | 切り捨てません |
| Past polite | 切り捨てました | 切り捨てませんでした |
| Past | 切り捨てた | 切り捨てなかった |
| Te-form | 切り捨てて | 切り捨てないで |
| Desire | 切り捨てたい | 切り捨てたくない |
| Potential | 切り捨てられるalso 切り捨てれる | 切り捨てられないalso 切り捨てれない |
| Passive | 切り捨てられる | 切り捨てられない |
| Causative | 切り捨てさせる | 切り捨てさせない |
| Causative passive | 切り捨てさせられる | 切り捨てさせられない |
| Volitional | 切り捨てよう | |
| Polite volitional | 切り捨てましょう | |
| Imperative | 切り捨てろ | 切り捨てるな |
| Conditional | 切り捨てれば | 切り捨てなければ |
| Tara conditional | 切り捨てたら | 切り捨てなかったら |
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.
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.
We decided to round down the digits after the decimal point in the calculation result.
The company cast aside employees with poor performance.
You shouldn't dismiss minority opinions just because of majority vote.