見捨てる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 見捨てる, read みすてる, is a transitive verb meaning to abandon or forsake someone in need.
• Basic usage: 見捨てることはできない denies the possibility of abandonment; 見捨てず links not abandoning someone to offering help.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Dictionary form and negative connective 見捨てず
  • Both people take を. The ending ず means without doing the action and connects that refusal to what follows.