放す
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 放 |
| はな Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology
Doublet of 離す (hanasu, “to separate”).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) はなす [hànáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA(key): [ha̠na̠sɨᵝ]
- Homophones: 話す, 離す
Verb
放す • (hanasu) transitive godan (stem 放し (hanashi), past 放した (hanashita))
- release, let go, free, set free, let loose
- その犬を放してはいけない。
- Sono inu o hanashite wa ikenai.
- Don't set the dogs loose.
- ロープを放すな。
- Rōpu o hanasu na.
- Don't let go of the rope.
- 腕を放してくれ。
- Ude o hanashitekure.
- Let go of my arm!
- その犬を放してはいけない。
- (following the continuative of another verb)
- to stop doing and leave alone; to let go
- 見放す ― mihanasu ― to abandon (literally, “to stop looking after and let go”)
- (usually inserted with a っ in between to double the consonant) to keep doing, continue
- 勝ちっ放す ― kachippanasu ― to keep winning
- to stop doing and leave alone; to let go
Conjugation
Conjugation of "放す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 放さ | はなさ | hanasa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 放し | はなし | hanashi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 放す | はなす | hanasu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 放す | はなす | hanasu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 放せ | はなせ | hanase |
| Imperative (命令形) | 放せ | はなせ | hanase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 放される | はなされる | hanasareru |
| Causative | 放させる 放さす | はなさせる はなさす | hanasaseru hanasasu |
| Potential | 放せる | はなせる | hanaseru |
| Volitional | 放そう | はなそう | hanasō |
| Negative | 放さない | はなさない | hanasanai |
| Negative continuative | 放さず | はなさず | hanasazu |
| Formal | 放します | はなします | hanashimasu |
| Perfective | 放した | はなした | hanashita |
| Conjunctive | 放して | はなして | hanashite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 放せば | はなせば | hanaseba |