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set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

Kunはな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.る
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Common words

  • 解放かいほう
    release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free, deallocation (of computer memory)
  • 放すはなす
    to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
  • 放つはなつ
    to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind, to set free, to release, to let loose, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to
  • 放送ほうそう
    broadcasting, broadcast, program, announcement
  • 釈放しゃくほう
    release, liberation, acquittal
  • 手放すてばなす
    to let go of, to release, to drop, to part with (e.g. a possession), to relinquish, to spare, to sell, to send away (e.g. one's child), to let go, to part with, to temporarily stop working
  • 開放かいほう
    opening (a door, window, etc.), leaving open, opening up (e.g. to the public), allowing (public) access
  • 民放みんぽう
    commercial broadcast
  • 放射性ほうしゃせい
    radioactive
  • 放射能ほうしゃのう
    radioactivity
  • 放映ほうえい
    televising, broadcasting, airing
  • 放射ほうしゃ
    radiation, emission
  • 手放してばなし
    not holding on, not using the hands, letting go one's hold, lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions), lack of restraint, openly (saying)
  • 民間放送みんかんほうそう
    commercial broadcasting
  • 放水ほうすい
    discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.), drainage, spraying water (on), hosing
  • 奔放ほんぽう
    wild, uninhibited, extravagant, rampant
  • 放浪ほうろう
    wandering, roaming, drifting
  • 見放すみはなす
    to abandon, to give up on, to desert
  • 放流ほうりゅう
    discharge (e.g. of water from a dam), release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.), stocking (a river, etc. with fish), banishment, exile
  • 公共放送こうきょうほうそう
    public broadcasting (e.g. NHK, BBC)
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