Verb (5-dan, つ, transitive)
1. to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
深く呼吸し、狙いが外れないよう祈って、矢を放つ。I take a deep breath, pray that I don't miss, and loose the arrow.
2. to set free; to release; to let loose
捕まえた魚を川に放った。I released the fish I had caught back into the river.
3. to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
男はそういう雰囲気を放つ人間だった。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