Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard
2. to abandon; to desert; to leave
3. to give up; to resign
Kanji used
throw away
Pitch accent
てる
Top 800
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to throw away
Examples (47 in total)
It's junk. Throw it away.
You should throw it away.
Drop the knife.
She dumped me.
Don't throw anything away.
They were abandoned by their mother.
You must not give up hope.
He abandoned his wife and children.
They abandoned their homeland.
He was dumped by his girlfriend.
Let go of your negative outlook on life.
The bread was moldy, so I threw it away.
Do you think I should throw this away?
She abandoned her children.
He abandoned all hope.
Don't throw away this magazine.
Don't throw trash here.
He heartlessly deserted his wife.
Don't throw garbage away here.
It isn't easy to get rid of bad habits.
Put away such a foolish idea.
Tom threw the apple core into the garbage can.
I thought about throwing it away, but decided to keep it.
I gave up on the idea of buying a house.
He cast his old friends aside.
I am ready to give up my position.
There's a lot of plastic bottles littered around vending machines.
Please throw away your trash from this room.
Kenji abandoned his hope of becoming a doctor.
He threw everything out of the boat.
He abandoned his family and moved to Tahiti.
"What are you doing?" "I accidentally threw away my precious ring."
Where should I throw away this empty cup?
He deserted his family and went abroad.
The police ordered the suspect to drop his gun.
Is Tom going to dump Mary?
The girl had to abandon the idea of becoming a singer.
I would rather throw the money away than give it to him.
They didn't want to give up their old ways of living.
My mother told me to throw away this old hat.
A good cook doesn't throw out yesterday's soup.
He didn't want to disappoint his wife by giving up his new position.
You must give up the idea that you are superior to them in every respect.
I think it is about time we changed our ways of disposing of waste.
Taking all things into consideration, I have made up my mind to give up the idea.
I put the used syringes in a can for safe disposal.
We all wondered why she had dumped such a nice man.