切り捨て (きりすて) — cutting a person down (without a second thought), sacrificing, throwing to the wolves | MojiMori

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切きり捨すて cutting a person down (without a second thought)

Grade 6 4 characters 和語 wago 和語 (wago) — Native Japanese compound: all kanji use kun'yomi (native Japanese) readings. noun

kirisute

きりすて

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Meanings

cutting a person down (without a second thought)
sacrificing
throwing to the wolves
treating as sword fodder
omission
rounding down (e.g. fractions)
truncation

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Words with 切 (24)

切(き)る kiru to cut 大(たい)切(せつ) taisetsu important 適(てき)切(せつ) tekisetsu appropriate 一(いっ)切(さい) issai all 切(き)れる kireru to cut well 思(おも)い切(き)る omoikiru to resolve 裏(うら)切(ぎ)る uragiru to betray 切(き)り替(か)える kirikaeru to switch

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Words with 捨 (7)

捨(す)てる suteru to throw away 見(み)捨(す)てる misuteru to abandon 切(き)り捨(す)てる kirisuteru to cut down 使(つか)い捨(す)て tsukaisute disposable 呼(よ)び捨(す)て yobisute addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite) 四(し)捨(しゃ)五(ご)入(にゅう) shishagonyuu rounding (off; a number) 捨(す)て子(ご) sutego abandoned child