見捨てる・見棄てる・見すてる|みすてるmisuteru[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
見捨てる見捨てる is the most common written form among these variants and is the recommended choice for beginners. Use it when writing this verb.
見棄てる見棄てる is a less common written variant of 見捨てる; beginners should choose 見捨てる instead.
見すてる見すてる is the least common of these written forms and is a variant of 見捨てる. Beginners should choose 見捨てる instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 見捨てる（みすてる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 見捨てます（みすてます） |
| Negative (nai) | 見捨てない（みすてない） |
| polite (masen) | 見捨てません（みすてません） |
| classical zu / nu | 見捨てず・見捨てぬ（みすてず・みすてぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 見捨てた（みすてた） |
| polite (mashita) | 見捨てました（みすてました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 見捨てなかった（みすてなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 見捨てませんでした（みすてませんでした） |
| Te form | 見捨てて（みすてて） |
| Potential | 見捨てられる（みすてられる） |
| Passive | 見捨てられる（みすてられる） |
| Causative | 見捨てさせる（みすてさせる） |
| Causative passive | 見捨てさせられる（みすてさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 見捨てれば（みすてれば） |
| tara | 見捨てたら（みすてたら） |
| Volitional | 見捨てよう（みすてよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 見捨てましょう（みすてましょう） |
| Imperative | 見捨てろ（みすてろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym見放すみはなすNeutralStopping all help or care for someone in trouble, as when a doctor gives up on a patient; a heavy word.
- Synonym捨てるすてるNeutralThe broadest of these words: throwing things away or giving up; the object can be a thing or a person.
- Synonym見限るみかぎるNeutralGiving up on someone judged hopeless, as in 「恋人を見限る」; the emphasis is on that judgment.
- Synonym放棄ほうきFormalA formal noun for renouncing a right or duty, as in 「権利放棄」; legal, formal register.
- Synonym遺棄いきFormalA formal noun for abandoning and leaving behind; common in legal contexts, e.g. 「死体遺棄」, 「保護責任者遺棄」.
- Synonym放り出すほうりだすNeutralThrowing something out or giving up halfway through, as in 「仕事を放り出す」; common in speech.
- Synonym打ち捨てるうちすてるWrittenLeaving something abandoned and untended; written-style, as in 「打ち捨てられた廃屋」.
- Synonym捨て去るすてさるWrittenCompletely casting off, often the past or an attachment, as in 「過去を捨て去る」; written-style.
- Synonym振り捨てるふりすてるCasualShaking off restraint and leaving, as in 「故郷を振り捨てる」; colloquial, with a resolute feel.
- Synonym見切るみきるNeutralGiving up after seeing through something, or selling off cheap, as in 「見切り品」; mixed uses.
- Related突き放すつきはなすNeutralPushing someone away or treating them coldly, as in 「突き放した言い方」; stresses distancing.
- Related突っ放すつっぱなすCasualPushing away or looking on coldly; close to 「突き放す」 but rougher in tone; colloquial.
- Antonym見守るみまもるNeutralWatching over and caring for someone; the opposite of 「見捨てる」, which leaves them in the lurch.
- Antonym救うすくうNeutralRescuing or saving someone; the opposite of 「見捨てる」 when it means not saving someone from death.
- Antonym保護するFormalTo protect or shelter; the opposite of abandonment, as in 「野生動物を保護する」; formal.
Use 「見捨てる」 for leaving a person or matter that needs help unattended, as in 「友を見捨てる」. For stopping help or care choose 「見放す」, for giving up as hopeless 「見限る」, for throwing things away in general 「捨てる」, and for abandonment in legal contexts 「遺棄」. The antonyms 「見守る」 and 「救う」 cover watching over and rescuing.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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