放電
Chinese
to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out | electric; electricity; electrical | ||
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trad. (放電) | 放 | 電 | |
simp. (放电) | 放 | 电 |
Pronunciation
Verb
放電
- (physics) to discharge electricity
- (figuratively, slang) to charm someone; to make eyes at someone; to lure; to entice
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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放 | 電 |
ほう Grade: 3 | でん Grade: 2 |
on’yomi | goon |
Etymology
Appears to be a coinage during the Meiji era, as a compound of Middle Chinese-derived components 放 (hō, “throw, release”) + 電 (den, “electricity”), possibly as a calque of English discharge. First cited to the 電気訳語集 (Denki Yakugo Shū, “Electricity Translation Term Compendium”) of 1893.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ほーでん [hòódéń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [ho̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
放電 • (hōden) ←はうでん (fauden)?
- [from 1893] (physics) electrical discharge
Verb
放電する • (hōden suru) ←はうでん (fauden)? suru (stem 放電し (hōden shi), past 放電した (hōden shita))
- [from 1893] (physics) to discharge electricity
- 1999 March 6, “二つの口を持つ闇の支配者 [Two-Mouth Dark Ruler]”, in Starter Box, Konami:
- 口が二つある恐竜。ツノに蓄電し、背中の口から放電する。
- Kuchi ga futatsu aru kyōryū. Tsuno ni chikuden shi, senaka no kuchi kara hōden suru.
- A two-mouthed dinosaur that discharges out of the mouth on its back the electricity it stores in its horn.
- 口が二つある恐竜。ツノに蓄電し、背中の口から放電する。
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Conjugation
Conjugation of "放電する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 放電し | ほうでんし | hōden shi | |
Continuative (連用形) | 放電し | ほうでんし | hōden shi | |
Terminal (終止形) | 放電する | ほうでんする | hōden suru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 放電する | ほうでんする | hōden suru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 放電すれ | ほうでんすれ | hōden sure | |
Imperative (命令形) | 放電せよ¹ 放電しろ² | ほうでんせよ¹ ほうでんしろ² | hōden seyo¹ hōden shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 放電される | ほうでんされる | hōden sareru | |
Causative | 放電させる 放電さす | ほうでんさせる ほうでんさす | hōden saseru hōden sasu | |
Potential | 放電できる | ほうでんできる | hōden dekiru | |
Volitional | 放電しよう | ほうでんしよう | hōden shiyō | |
Negative | 放電しない | ほうでんしない | hōden shinai | |
Negative continuative | 放電せず | ほうでんせず | hōden sezu | |
Formal | 放電します | ほうでんします | hōden shimasu | |
Perfective | 放電した | ほうでんした | hōden shita | |
Conjunctive | 放電して | ほうでんして | hōden shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 放電すれば | ほうでんすれば | hōden sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
- “放電”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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放 | 電 |
Noun
放電 • (bangjeon) (hangeul 방전)
- Hanja form? of 방전 (“electrical discharge”).
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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放 | 電 |
Verb
放電
- chữ Hán form of phóng điện (“to discharge electricity”).