Can someone explain the usage of 割り切る in general?


So I know 割り切る has the meaning of (to find a clear solution / to come to a
clean decision / to give a clear explanation / to divide)

I've been playing a few visual novels and when I bump into this expression I
cant seem to connect it with the above meanings

For example

かぁ〜！またややこしいことに…向こうも浮気と割り切ってんならまだ簡単だったのに

So does it have a separate meaning ?




The literal and basic meaning of 割り切る is "to (cleanly) divide", as in
10は2と5で割り切れる (="Ten is evenly divisible by 2 and 5."). Another meaning of this
verb is related to this but is rather nuanced. It's something like "to take it
as-is without worrying too much", "to make a decision anyway ignoring trivial
things", "to (forcibly) convince oneself", etc.

>   * お金のためだと割り切って嫌な仕事をする  
>  to do an unpleasing job convincing oneself that it's just for money
>   * 割り切れない気持ち  
>  complicated feelings, feelings not logically describable
>   * 割り切ってしまえばホームレス生活も悪くない。  
>  Life on the streets is not that bad once you've stopped worrying about it.
>   * 過去は過去だと割り切りましょう。  
>  Don't let your past determine your present.
>   * 人生には割り切りも必要だ。  
>  Sometimes it's necessary to make a practical decision ignoring something.
>

I think definitions on jisho.org are not really spot-on. I could not find
satisfactory definitions/translations even in other dictionaries, so the
translations above are largely based on my own understanding.

In your example, 浮気と割り切る probably means "to take it merely as a _cheating_ "
or "to have no illusion about _cheating_ ", implying the other person is not
going to cross a line and break the marital relationship.




The literal and basic meaning of 割り切る is "to (cleanly) divide", as in
10は2と5で割り切れる (="Ten is evenly divisible by 2 and 5."). Another meaning of this
verb is related to this but is rather nuanced. It's something like "to take it
as-is without worrying too much", "to make a decision anyway ignoring trivial
things", "to (forcibly) convince oneself", etc.

>   * お金のためだと割り切って嫌な仕事をする  
>  to do an unpleasing job convincing oneself that it's just for money
>   * 割り切れない気持ち  
>  complicated feelings, feelings not logically describable
>   * 割り切ってしまえばホームレス生活も悪くない。  
>  Life on the streets is not that bad once you've stopped worrying about it.
>   * 過去は過去だと割り切りましょう。  
>  Don't let your past determine your present.
>   * 人生には割り切りも必要だ。  
>  Sometimes it's necessary to make a practical decision ignoring something.
>

I think definitions on jisho.org are not really spot-on. I could not find
satisfactory definitions/translations even in other dictionaries, so the
translations above are largely based on my own understanding.

In your example, 浮気と割り切る probably means "to take it merely as a _cheating_ "
or "to have no illusion about _cheating_ ", implying the other person is not
going to cross a line and break the marital relationship.

