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棄てる

すてる

to throw away, to cast away, to dump

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Examples

  1. 古い手紙を全部棄ててしまった。

    ふるいてがみをぜんぶすててしまった。

    I threw all the old letters away.

  2. 彼は夢を棄てて、家業を継いだ。

    かれはゆめをすてて、かぎょうをついだ。

    He gave up his dream and took over the family business.

  3. どんなに苦しくても、希望を棄てないでほしい。

    どんなにくるしくても、きぼうをすてないでほしい。

    However hard it gets, I want you not to abandon hope.

Common patterns

夢を棄てる
to give up a dream
権利を棄てる
to waive a right
希望を棄てない
not to abandon hope

Memory tip

Everyday "throw away" is written 捨てる; 棄てる is the weightier spelling used for abandoning what you had a duty to keep — a right, a post, a person (compare 放棄, 遺棄).

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