Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

Nounsharpness; cutting ability · quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill · peppiness (of a ball)

Nouncutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder · omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto cut off and throw away · to abandon; to disregard; to discard; to throw to the wolves · to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to omit; to ignore; to round down

Nounbeheading; decapitation