捨てる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
捨
す
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
棄てる

Etymology

From 下二段 (shimo nidan) verb 捨つ (sutsu).

Development

Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. For the Old / Classical form, see the 捨つ entry.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「捨てる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		捨てる すてる
Imperative (命令形) 捨てろ すてろ
Key constructions
Passive 捨てられる すてられる
Causative 捨てさせる すてさせる
Potential 捨てられる すてられる
Volitional 捨てよう すてよー
Negative 捨てない すてない
Negative perfective 捨てなかった すてなかった
Formal 捨てます すてます
Perfective 捨てた すてた
Conjunctive 捨てて すてて
Hypothetical conditional 捨てれば すてれば

Verb

捨(す)てる • (suteru) transitive ichidan (stem 捨(す)て (sute), past 捨(す)てた (suteta))

  1. to throw away
    ゴミを捨(す)てる
    gomi o suteru
    to throw away garbage
  2. to abandon
    死(し)体(たい)を捨(す)てる
    shitai o suteru
    to abandon a corpse
  3. to desert; to jilt
    反乱軍(はんらんぐん)は負(ふ)傷兵(しょうへい)を捨(す)てて撤退(てったい)した。
    Hanrangun wa fushōhei o sutete tettai shita.
    The rebel forces deserted the wounded and retreated.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "捨てる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 捨て すて sute
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 捨て すて sute
Shūshikei ("terminal") 捨てる すてる suteru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 捨てる すてる suteru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 捨てれ すてれ sutere
Meireikei ("imperative") 捨てよ¹
捨てろ² 		すてよ¹
すてろ² 		suteyo¹
sutero²
Key constructions
Passive 捨てられる すてられる suterareru
Causative 捨てさせる
捨てさす 		すてさせる
すてさす 		sutesaseru
sutesasu
Potential 捨てられる
捨てれる³ 		すてられる
すてれる³ 		suterareru
sutereru³
Volitional 捨てよう すてよう suteyō
Negative 捨てない
捨てぬ
捨てん 		すてない
すてぬ
すてん 		sutenai
sutenu
suten
Negative continuative 捨てず すてず sutezu
Formal 捨てます すてます sutemasu
Perfective 捨てた すてた suteta
Conjunctive 捨てて すてて sutete
Hypothetical conditional 捨てれば すてれば sutereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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