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切り捨てる

きりすてる

to cut off, to discard

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Examples

  1. 弱者を切り捨てる政策だ。

    じゃくしゃをきりすてるせいさくだ。

    It is a policy that abandons the weak.

  2. 小数点以下は切り捨てる。

    しょうすうてんいかはきりすてる。

    Anything after the decimal point is rounded down.

  3. 採算の合わない部門を切り捨てる決断をした。

    さいさんのあわないぶもんをきりすてるけつだんをした。

    They made the decision to cut loose the unprofitable divisions.

Common patterns

端数を切り捨てる
to round down the fraction
弱者を切り捨てる
to abandon the vulnerable
意見を切り捨てる
to dismiss an opinion out of hand

Memory tip

A precise arithmetic term for rounding down, and a cold word in social or business talk for writing people or units off as not worth keeping. Its arithmetic opposite is 切り上げる.

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