発はつ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. departure; departing from ...; leaving at (e.g. 8:30)
I'm taking the nine o'clock bus.
Suffix
2. sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; datelined ...
Counter
3. counter for engines (on an aircraft)
4. counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches); counter for jokes, puns, etc.; counter for ideas, thoughts or guesses
Twelve shots should be enough.
5. counter for ejaculations or sexual intercourse
Kanji used
let out
Pitch accent
は
つ
Top 2500
Used in vocabulary (73 in total)
putting into operation; invocation
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
Examples (16 in total)
He fired three shots.
Twelve shots should be enough.
The second shot was fired.
I'm taking the nine o'clock bus.
What time does the next bus leave?
Tom was shot twice in the chest.
I missed the 7:00 train.
Five fireworks went up into the night sky.
I heard two gunshots in the distance.
I made the 8:30 train.
The Shinkansen from Hakata pulled in just on time.
The next train to arrive was from Chicago.
I want to catch the six o'clock train to New York.
I'd like to make a reservation for the express train that leaves at 6:00 p.m.
Flight 101 from Paris arrived one hour ahead of time.
Let's take the 4:10 train.