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捨てる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	捨すてる	捨すてない
Polite	捨すてます	捨すてません
Past polite	捨すてました	捨すてませんでした
Past	捨すてた	捨すてなかった
Te-form	捨すてて	捨すてないで
Desire	捨すてたい	捨すてたくない
Potential	捨すてられるalso 捨すてれる	捨すてられないalso 捨すてれない
Passive	捨すてられる	捨すてられない
Causative	捨すてさせる	捨すてさせない
Causative passive	捨すてさせられる	捨すてさせられない
Volitional	捨すてよう
Polite volitional	捨すてましょう
Imperative	捨すてろ	捨すてるな
Conditional	捨すてれば	捨すてなければ
Tara conditional	捨すてたら	捨すてなかったら

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.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉をゴミ箱ばこに捨すてるto throw something into the trash can
食たべ残のこしをゴミ箱ばこに捨すてた。
I threw the leftover food into the trash can.
希き望ぼうを捨すてるto give up hope
彼かれはどんなに困こん難なんでも希き望ぼうを捨すてなかった。
He never gave up hope no matter how difficult things were.
仕し事ごとを捨すてるto quit one's job
彼かれは安あん定ていした仕し事ごとを捨すてて、旅たびに出でた。
He quit his stable job and set out on a journey.
〈場ば所しょ〉を捨すてるto leave a place behind for good
彼かの女じょは故こ郷きょうを捨すてて都と会かいに出でた。
She left her hometown behind and moved to the city.
〈人ひと〉を捨すてるto abandon someone (a partner, family member, etc.)
彼かれは恋こい人びとを捨すてて別べつの女じょ性せいのもとへ行いった。
He abandoned his girlfriend and went to another woman.

Expressions· 17

命いのちを捨すてるgive one's life; lay down one's life
己おのれを捨すてるset aside one's own interests; put others before oneself
角かくを捨すてるsacrifice a bishop (shogi)
身みを捨すてるthrow away one's life; sacrifice oneself
ドブに捨すてるthrow down the drain; waste; squander

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切きり捨すてられるcan be discarded; can be cut down
呼よび捨すてにするaddress without honorific suffix; call by name only
聞きき捨ずてにするoverlook; ignore; pass over

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Kanji

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

Related words· 8

投なげ捨すてる sense 1
投げ捨てる implies throwing something away forcefully or carelessly, while 捨てる is the neutral, general term for discarding.
見み捨すてるN1sense 2
見捨てる focuses on emotionally abandoning a person or refusing to help them, while 捨てる can refer to abandoning people, objects, or ideas more broadly.
放ほう棄きN1sense 3
放棄する is a formal, often legal or official term for renouncing a right or duty, while 捨てる is the everyday word for giving something up.
処しょ分ぶんN2sense 1
処分する means to dispose of or get rid of something in an organized or official way, while 捨てる is the plain, everyday verb for throwing something away.

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放ほうり出だすN1
捨てる is the neutral, general verb for throwing something away, while 放り出す adds a sense of force or carelessness in tossing it out.
放ほうるN2
捨てる specifically means to discard or throw away permanently, whereas 放る can mean a casual toss without necessarily discarding.
切きり捨すてるN1
捨てる is the plain verb 'to throw away', while 切り捨てる adds the nuance of first cutting something off (or coldly abandoning it) before discarding it.
無なくすN5
捨てる means to physically throw away or discard something, while 無くす in this sense means to eliminate an abstract problem, habit, or condition.

Opposites

拾ひろうN4sense 1
拾う means to pick something up, the direct opposite of 捨てる, throwing something away.

Word family· 58

使つかい捨すてN1
disposable; single-use; throwaway
切きり捨すて
cutting down; sacrificing; throwing to the wolves · omission; rounding down; truncation
呼よび捨すてN1
addressing someone without an honorific suffix; dropping the -san/-chan
見み捨すてるN1
abandon; forsake; desert; give up on
ポイ捨すてN4
littering; carelessly tossing away

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切きり捨すてるN1
cut off and throw away; cut away · abandon; discard; throw to the wolves · round down; drop; omit · cut down; slay
捨すて身み
risking one's life; all-out effort; desperate act
投なげ捨すてる
throw away; discard; toss aside
捨すて去さる
abandon; throw away; discard; forsake
捨すて子ご
abandoned child; foundling
世よ捨すて人びと
hermit; recluse
かなぐり捨すてる
fling off; throw off; cast aside
捨すて石いし
ornamental garden stone; garden rock · sacrifice stone (in Go) · sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.) · foundation stone; riprap
脱ぬぎ捨すてる
throw off; fling off; kick off · cast off; discard; shed
姥うば捨すて
abandoning old women; granny dumping
捨すて値ね
dirt cheap price; throwaway price
捨すて印いん
marginal seal; approval seal in the margin · using up leftover ink on a seal
捨すて垢あか
throwaway account; burner account
捨すて場ば
dumping ground; dump; place for discarding things
捨すて墓ばか
grave for the body; burial grave
捨すて山やま
discard pile
捨すて札ふだ
discard; discarded card · Edo-period bulletin board for condemned criminals
捨すて活かつ
decluttering
捨すて牌はい
discarded tiles

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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%

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.