Word details

切り捨て

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 切り捨て.

Dictionary

Entry

切り捨て切捨て斬り捨て斬捨てりすてNounFreq #65545
1

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder

2

omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

cut, cutoff, be sharp

4 strokesFrequency 324JLPT N3Grade 2

On

セツサイ

Kun

き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ

Nanori

きつきりぎり

discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice

11 strokesFrequency 1,266JLPT N2Grade 6

On

シャ

Kun

す.てる

beheading, kill, murder

11 strokesFrequency 2,132Grade 8

On

ザンサンセンゼン

Kun

き.る

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