Keyword
throw away
- discard
- abandon
- resign
- reject
- sacrifice
- Frequency
- #1266
- Strokes
- 11
- Grade
- 6
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 707
Readings
す78%
シャ22%
Mnemonic
A left hand lets go of a building's old furniture: throw away the junk and sweep out the dust.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
捨てる
to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard; to abandon; to desert; to leave; to give up; to resign; to sacrifice (stones)
Ichidan verb
切り捨て
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
Noun
四捨五入
rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion
Noun
切り捨てる
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard; to throw to the wolves; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to omit; to ignore; to round down; …
Ichidan verb
捨て石
ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap
Noun
脱ぎ捨てる
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to kick off (shoes); to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
Ichidan verb
捨身
renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; sacrificing one's life for the sake of mankind or Buddhist teachings
Noun