Japanese

てる

きりすてる
Meaning: to round down; to cut off; to abandon
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 切り捨てる 切り捨てない
Polite 切り捨てます 切り捨てません
Past 切り捨てた 切り捨てなかった
Polite + Past 切り捨てました 切り捨てませんでした
Te-form 切り捨てて 切り捨てなくて
Potential 切り捨てられる 切り捨てられない
Passive 切り捨てられる 切り捨てられない
Causative 切り捨てさせる 切り捨てさせない
Imperative 切り捨てろ 切り捨てるな

Handwriting

切
り
捨
て
る

Example sentences

Please round down the decimals.
お会計の端数は切り捨ててください。
Please round down the odd amount of the bill.
彼は外国語を鴃舌と切り捨てたが、その響きは私には音楽のように聞こえた。
He dismissed the foreign language as unintelligible gibberish, but its sound was like music to me.

Usage Notes

Commonly used in mathematics for rounding down. Also means to cut off unnecessary parts or to disregard/abandon people or things.

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