放つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
放
はな
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
発つ

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はなつ [hànáꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠t͡sɨ]

Verb

放(はな)つ • (hanatsu) transitive godan (stem 放(はな)ち (hanachi), past 放(はな)った (hanatta))

  1. to fire, to shoot
  2. to set free, to release
  3. to emit, to give off
    光(ひかり)を放(はな)つ
    hikari o hanatsu
    to shine
    (literally, “to give off light”)
  4. to set a fire
  5. (baseball) to hit
    Synonym: 打つ (utsu)
    ホームランを放(はな)つ
    hōmuran o hanatsu
    to hit a home run

Conjugation

Conjugation of "放つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 放た はなた hanata
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 放ち はなち hanachi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 放つ はなつ hanatsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 放つ はなつ hanatsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 放て はなて hanate
Meireikei ("imperative") 放て はなて hanate
Key constructions
Passive 放たれる はなたれる hanatareru
Causative 放たせる
放たす 		はなたせる
はなたす 		hanataseru
hanatasu
Potential 放てる はなてる hanateru
Volitional 放とう はなとう hanatō
Negative 放たない はなたない hanatanai
Negative continuative 放たず はなたず hanatazu
Formal 放ちます はなちます hanachimasu
Perfective 放った はなった hanatta
Conjunctive 放って はなって hanatte
Hypothetical conditional 放てば はなてば hanateba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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