放す

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Conjugation of "放す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 放さ はなさ hanasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 放し はなし hanashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 放す はなす hanasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 放す はなす hanasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 放せ はなせ hanase
Meireikei ("imperative") 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
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