Meaning
abandon · discard · reject · resign · sacrifice · throw away
On'yomi
シャ
Kun'yomi
す.てる
Common compounds (15)
- 切り捨て きりすてomission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
- 使い捨 つかいずてthrowaway; disposable; single-use
- 切り捨てる きりすてるto cut off and throw away
- 見すてる みすてるto abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
- 投げ捨てる なげすてるto throw away
- 捨て身 すてみputting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
- 捨て石 すていしsacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.)
- 呼び捨て よびすてaddressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
- 棄児 きじabandoned child; foundling
- 掛け捨て かけずてfixed-term payment (usu. insurance)
- 捨てる すてるto give up; to resign
- 脱ぎ捨てる ぬぎすてるto cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard