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はなつ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, つ, transitive)
1. to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
I take a deep breath, pray that I don't miss, and loose the arrow.
2. to set free; to release; to let loose
I released the fish I had caught back into the river.
3. to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
The man was the kind of person who gave off that kind of atmosphere.
4. to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
5. to set fire to
in the form 火を放つ
Alt. forms
放はなつ
98%
はなつ
1%
Pitch accent
は
な
つ
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Conjugations...Used in: 429
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
to unsheathe
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
to unsheathe
to shed light; to cast light
to set fire (to)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to give off a stench; to stink
to give off a bad smell; to give off a stench
to give out (off) fragrance
to break wind; to let off a fart; to have a shot
to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to separate in thought; to consider as independent
to pull apart
to pull apart
to let loose something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the field
to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
to call (someone) out of a pool of many
Examples (16 in total)
We turn the cows loose in the pasture.
I set the caged bird free into the sky.
I released the fish I had caught back into the river.
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