放
banish, emit, fire, liberate, release, set free, shoot
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Information
Grade:3
Strokes:8
JLPT:3
Frequency:288
Vocabulary
ホウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 解放 | カイホウ | release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free; deallocation (of computer memory) |
| 開放 | カイホウ | opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access |
| 釈放 | シャクホウ | release; liberation; acquittal |
| 追放 | ツイホウ | exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; ousting; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal |
| 放映 | ホウエイ | televising; broadcasting; airing |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 放る | ほうる | to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished |
| 放る | ほる | to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished |
| 放れる | はなれる | to get free (from); to be freed; to be released |
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