Kanji
捨
N2
11 strokes
Grade 6
freq #1266
discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject
On'yomi (音読み)
シャ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
す.てる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
四捨五入
ししゃごにゅう
rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero
取捨
しゅしゃ
adoption or rejection; selection
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
使い捨て
つかいすて
throwaway; disposable
切り捨て
きりすて
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing
切り捨てる
きりすてる
to cut off and throw away
捨て身
すてみ
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got
投げ捨てる
なげすてる
to throw away
見捨てる
みすてる
to abandon; to fail
呼び捨て
よびすて
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
捨て石
すていし
ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock
掛け捨て
かけすて
fixed-term payment (usu. insurance)
乗り捨てる
のりすてる
to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)
Example sentences
使い捨（つかいす）ての箸（はし）を使（つか）うよりもプラスチックの箸（はし）を洗（あら）って使（つか）う方（ほう）がいい。
It's better to use plastic chopsticks and wash them than to use disposable chopsticks.
もう少（すこ）しやさしく意見（いけん）してあげたらどうなの。一刀両断（いっとうりょうだん）のもと切り捨（きりす）てられた彼（かれ）の立場（たちば）も考（かんが）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.
トムに金（かね）を貸（か）すのは海（うみ）に金（かね）を投げ捨（なげす）てるようなものだ。
I might as well throw my money into the sea as lend it to Tom.
ごみの投げ捨（なげす）てを禁止（きんし）する法律（ほうりつ）はあるがめったに適用（てきよう）されない。
There is a law against dropping litter, but it's rarely enforced.