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“Cutting a person down” in Japanese

Short answer
切り捨て kirisute きりすて

Cutting a person down in Japanese is “切り捨て” (kirisute). Full meaning: cutting a person down (without a second thought), sacrificing, throwing to the wolves, treating as sword fodder; omission, rounding down (e.g. fractions), truncation.

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