I Love Kanji捨てる (suteru)
捨てる (すてる, suteru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to throw away; to cast away”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すてる
- Romaji
- suteru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard · ichidan verb, transitive
- to abandon; to desert; to leave · ichidan verb, transitive
- to give up; to resign · ichidan verb, transitive
- to sacrifice (stones) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 捨てる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 捨てる | すてる suteru |
| Polite (~masu) | 捨てます | すてます sutemasu |
| Negative | 捨てない | すてない sutenai |
| Polite negative | 捨てません | すてません sutemasen |
| Past | 捨てた | すてた suteta |
| Polite past | 捨てました | すてました sutemashita |
| Negative past | 捨てなかった | すてなかった sutenakatta |
| Te-form | 捨てて | すてて sutete |
| Potential | 捨てられる | すてられる suterareru |
| Passive | 捨てられる | すてられる suterareru |
| Causative | 捨てさせる | すてさせる sutesaseru |
| Volitional | 捨てよう | すてよう suteyou |
| Imperative | 捨てろ | すてろ sutero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 捨てれば | すてれば sutereba |
Kanji in 捨てる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 捨てる.
Source: JMdict entry 1322320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.