捨てる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: su̥teɺu

Verb

捨てる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana すてる, romaji suteru)

  1. to throw away
  2. to abandon
    彼は古い家を捨てた
    彼はふるいいえをすてた
    Kare wa furui ie o suteta.
    He abandoned an old house.
  3. to desert; to jilt
    反乱軍は負傷兵を捨てて撤退した。
    はんらんぐんはふしょうへいをすてててったいした。
    hanran gun wa fushō hei o sutete tettai shita.
    The rebel forces deserted the wounded and retreated.

Conjugation

Related terms

  • 放棄 (ほうき, hōki) (abandonment)
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