放す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
放
はな
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Doublet of 離す (hanasu, “to separate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はな​す [hànáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

放(はな)す • (hanasu) transitive godan (stem 放(はな)し (hanashi), past 放(はな)した (hanashita))

  1. release, let go, free, set free, let loose
    その犬(いぬ)を放(はな)してはいけない。
    Sono inu o hanashite wa ikenai.
    Don't set the dogs loose.
    ロープを放(はな)すな。
    Rōpu o hanasu na.
    Don't let go of the rope.
    腕(うで)を放(はな)してくれ。
    Ude o hanashitekure.
    Let go of my arm!
  2. (following the continuative of another verb)
    1. to stop doing and leave alone; to let go
      見(み)放(はな)す ― mihanasu ― to abandon (literally, “to stop looking after and let go”)
      手(て)放(ばな)す ― tebanasu ― to relinquish (literally, “to take your hand off something”)
    2. (usually inserted with a っ in between to double the consonant) to keep doing, continue
      勝(か)ちっ放(ぱな)す ― kachi'panasu ― to keep winning

Conjugation

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