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放つ · godan verb (-tsu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	放はなつ	放はなたない
Polite	放はなちます	放はなちません
Past polite	放はなちました	放はなちませんでした
Past	放はなった	放はなたなかった
Te-form	放はなって	放はなたないで
Desire	放はなちたい	放はなちたくない
Potential	放はなてる	放はなてない
Passive	放はなたれる	放はなたれない
Causative	放はなたせる	放はなたせない
Causative passive	放はなたせられるalso 放はなたされる	放はなたせられないalso 放はなたされない
Volitional	放はなとう
Polite volitional	放はなちましょう
Imperative	放はなて	放はなつな
Conditional	放はなてば	放はなたなければ
Tara conditional	放はなったら	放はなたなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

fire; shoot; let fly; hit

Used for sending something out forcefully, such as an arrow, bullet, sharp question, or baseball hit. In baseball, common collocations include ホームランを放つ.

彼かれは的まとに向むかって矢やを放はなった。
He shot an arrow toward the target.
記き者しゃは大だい臣じんに鋭するどい質しつ問もんを放はなった。
The reporter fired a sharp question at the minister.
四よ番ばん打だ者しゃが逆ぎゃく転てんホームランを放はなった。
The cleanup hitter hit a come-from-behind home run.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

break wind; let out a fart

Blunt or comic use, typically in the fixed object phrase 屁を放つ. It sounds stronger and more written or deliberately dramatic than simply saying おならをする.

彼かれは人ひと前まえで大おおきな屁へを放はなった。
He let out a loud fart in front of everyone.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

set free; release; let loose

Used when freeing a person, animal, or thing from confinement or restraint. It often has a written or dramatic tone compared with everyday 逃がす or 解放する.

子こどもたちは捕つかまえた魚さかなを川かわに放はなった。
The children released the fish they had caught into the river.
檻おりから虎とらを放はなつのは危き険けんだ。
It is dangerous to let a tiger loose from its cage.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

emit; give off; radiate

Common with light, scent, heat, aura, or other things that seem to come out from a source: 光を放つ, 香りを放つ, 異彩を放つ.

夜よ空ぞらで星ほしが強つよい光ひかりを放はなっていた。
A star was giving off a strong light in the night sky.
庭にわのバラが甘あまい香かおりを放はなっている。
The roses in the garden are giving off a sweet scent.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

send out; dispatch

Used for sending a person out to carry out a mission or duty, especially in written, historical, or dramatic contexts. Common with words such as 使者 and 刺客.

王おうは和わ平へいのために隣りん国ごくへ使し者しゃを放はなった。
The king dispatched an envoy to the neighboring country for peace talks.

godan verb (-tsu), transitive verb

set fire to

Fixed expression in the form 火を放つ, meaning to set something on fire deliberately. Often used in news reports or crime descriptions.

Usage patterns

矢やを放はなつto shoot an arrow
弓ゆみを引ひいて矢やを放はなった。
He drew the bow and shot an arrow.
屁へを放はなつto let out a fart
みんなの前まえで屁へを放はなってしまい、恥はずかしかった。
I was embarrassed after letting one out in front of everyone.
〈動どう物ぶつ〉を放はなつto release an animal into the wild
傷きずが治なおった鳥とりを森もりに放はなった。
They released the bird, now healed, back into the forest.
〈人ひと〉を放はなつto send someone out (on a mission)
王おうは刺し客かくを放はなって敵かたきを討うたせた。
The king dispatched an assassin to strike down his enemy.
ホームランを放はなつto hit a home run
彼かれは決けっ勝しょう戦せんで逆ぎゃく転てんホームランを放はなった。
He hit a come-from-behind home run in the final.

Expressions· 7

光ひかりを放はなつshed light; cast light; emit light
悪あく臭しゅうを放はなつgive off a stench; stink
異い彩さいを放はなつstand out; be conspicuous; shine
異い臭しゅうを放はなつgive off a bad smell; emit a stench
芳ほう香こうを放はなつgive off fragrance; emit a pleasant smell

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市いちに虎とらを放はなつlet a fox into the henhouse; do something dangerous; let loose a tiger in the marketplace
虎とらを野のに放はなつlet loose a tiger in the field; unleash something dangerous

Kanji

放set free, release, fire

Related words· 7

撃うつN3sense 1
撃つ means specifically to shoot or fire a weapon, while 放つ is broader and also covers questions, light, scent, or a batted ball.
発はっするN1sense 5
発する is a more formal, neutral verb for emitting or issuing something, whereas 放つ often sounds more vivid or forceful.
解かい放ほうN2sense 4
解放する is the everyday word for liberating someone from restriction, while 放つ is shorter and can sound more literary or dramatic in the same sense.
逃にがすN3sense 4
逃がす is the plain, everyday verb for letting an animal or person go free, while 放つ carries a more dramatic or written tone for the same act.

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射いる
射る specifically means to shoot a projectile like an arrow from a bow, while 放つ more broadly means to release or let fly something, including arrows, light, or scent.
繰くり出だす
放つ means to release or let fly (an arrow, a punch) in a single motion, while 繰り出す emphasizes thrusting the blow out with force, often repeatedly.
放はなすN3
放つ is a more formal or literary verb for releasing, shooting, or emitting something, while 放す is the everyday word for simply letting go.

Opposites

捕とらえるN2sense 4
捕らえる means to catch or capture, the direct opposite of 放つ's sense of setting something free.

Don't confuse with

放はなすN3sense 4
放す (release, let go of something held) is written with the same kanji as 放つ but is the plain, everyday verb, while 放つ is more literary and forceful.

Word family· 10

言いい放はなつ
declare; assert; say bluntly
解とき放はなつ
release; set free; unleash
放はなち出いで
extension of the main room in traditional palatial-style architecture
一いっ発ぱつ放はなつ
break wind; let off a fart; have a shot
切きり放はなつ
cut loose; cut off; detach; dismember · separate in thought; consider as independent

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召めし放はなつ
to call out from many; to select and summon
引ひき放はなつ
pull apart; separate by pulling
抜ぬき放はなつ
unsheathe; draw (a sword)
火ひを放はなつ
set fire to; set on fire
開あけ放はなつ
open wide; throw open; leave open

Written forms

放はなつUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling for this verb. Only the reading はなつ.
はなつUsage4%

Etymology

The historical derivation is not supplied. The kanji 放 is conventionally associated with letting go, releasing, sending out, or emitting, which matches the main meanings of はなつ.