切り捨てる

きりすてる

Also written 斬り捨てる, 切捨てる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to cut off and throw away
2. to abandon; to disregard; to discard; to throw to the wolves
3. to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to omit; to ignore; to round down
4. to cut (someone) down; to slay

Kanji

• 切 cut. Read as きり.
• 捨 discard. Read as すてる.

Example sentences

• もう少しやさしく意見してあげたらどうなの。一刀両断のもと切り捨てられた彼の立場も考えてよ。
  Why don't you try expressing your opinion a little more gently? Think about how he feels getting told flatly that he's being cut loose.

Words containing 切り捨てる

• 切り捨てられる (きりすてられる) can be discarded
• 切り捨て御免 (きりすてごめん) right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

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