発射

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はつ > はっ
Grade: 3
しゃ
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
發射 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(はっ)(しゃ) (hassha

  1. launch, firing

Verb

(はっ)(しゃ)する (hassha surutransitive suru (stem (はっ)(しゃ) (hassha shi), past (はっ)(しゃ)した (hassha shita))

  1. launch, fire
    • 1948, 海野十三, 怪星ガン:
      「ギンネコ(ごう)から、(かたち)(ちい)さいロケットが発射(はっしゃ)されました。
      “Ginneko-gō kara, katachi no chīsai roketto ga hassha saremashita.
      A small-scale rocket was fired from the Ginneko.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 はっ‐しゃ 【発射】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN