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捨てる

捨てる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Verb

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

  1. to throw away
    ゴミを ()てる
    gomi o suteru
    to throw away garbage
  2. to abandon
     (かれ) (ふるい) () ()てた。
    Kare wa furui ie o suteta.
    He abandoned an old house.
  3. to desert; to jilt
    反乱軍 (はんらんぐん)負傷兵 (ふしょうへい) ()てて撤退 (てったい)した。
    Hanrangun wa fushōhei o sutete tettai shita.
    The rebel forces deserted the wounded and retreated.

Conjugation

See also

  • 放棄 (ほうき, hōki): abandonment, throwing away
  • ぽい (poi)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.