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Kanji Detail for 放 - "release, emit, free"
放
- Meaning
放 means "release, emit, free."
Release - To let go; to set free.
Emit - To send out; to discharge.
Free - Unrestrained; liberated.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
set free; release; fire; shoot; emit; banish; liberate
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
put, release, free, liberate
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to release, to liberate, to free
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To release. Letting go is 放. Such as 放鷹, 放鶴. Being unrestrained is also 放. Such as 放肆, 放蕩. | To exile. Such as 放流, 放黜. | To emit. Such as 放歌, 放光, 放箭, 放船. | To spread. Such as flowers blooming being 花放. Weather clearing is 放晴. Also, letting go is 放手. 開放, 放棄 have this meaning. | To disperse. Such as 放賑, 放債. | In old times, capital officials taking provincial posts was 放. Such as 放缺, 放差. | To place. Such as 安放. | Colloquially, expanding is 放. Such as 放寬, 放大. | Interchangeable with 傲. To imitate. Such as 吾將安放, meaning having nowhere to follow. | To rely on. (Analects) "Acting based on profit."
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Sentences including 放
He had an absent look on his face.
Let's play baseball after school.
His death was broadcast all over the world.
That child wouldn't let go of his mother's hand.
Please be careful not to let the dog loose.
I was on the air for two hours yesterday.
He set fire to the school building.
When i was a little child , i used to play baseball after school.
I often play tennis after school.
I can't let him alone.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
それほど浜辺が混雑し、それほど私の頭が放漫であったにもかかわらず、私がすぐ先生を見付け出したのは、先生が一人の西洋人を伴れていたからである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
純粋の日本の浴衣を着ていた彼は、それを床几の上にすぽりと放り出したまま、腕組みをして海の方を向いて立っていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生に限らず、奥さんに限らず、二人とも私に比べると、一時代前の因襲のうちに成人したために、そういう艶っぽい問題になると、正直に自分を開放するだけの勇気がないのだろうと考えた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その私が母のいい付け通り学校の課業を放り出して、休み前に帰って来たという事が、父には大きな満足であった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
今にもむずかしいという大病人を放ちらかしておいて、誰が勝手に東京へなんか行けるものかね」私は始め心のなかで、何も知らない母を憐れんだ。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
手の放せない私は、すぐ封を切る訳に行かないので、ちょっとそれを懐に差し込んだ。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はもう少しで、あなたに対する私のこの義務を放擲するところでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その男は恥ずかしがって色々弁解しましたが、折角の胴着を行李の底へ放り込んで利用しないのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その上あの谷へ下りると、南が高い建物で塞がっているのと、放水がよくないのとで、往来はどろどろでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
罪のないＫは穴だらけというよりむしろ明け放しと評するのが適当なくらいに無用心でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はまず「精神的に向上心のないものは馬鹿だ」といい放ちました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし俯伏しになっている彼の顔を、こうして下から覗き込んだ時、私はすぐその手を放してしまいました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
」下人は、老婆をつき放すと、いきなり、太刀の鞘を払って、白い鋼の色をその眼の前へつきつけた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
私はもう少しで、あなたに対する私のこの義務を放擲するところでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha