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発つ · godan verb (-tsu)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

depart; leave; set off

Used for starting a journey or trip; often implies a purposeful departure. The kanji 発 specifically indicates 'departure' and distinguishes this from other たつ verbs like 立つ (stand) or 建つ (be built).

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を発たつto leave/depart from a place
明日あしたの朝あさ、東とう京きょうを発たつ予よ定ていです。
I'm planning to leave Tokyo tomorrow morning.
〈時とき〉に発たつto depart at a certain time
私わたしたちは午ご後ご六ろく時じに発たつことにした。
We decided to depart at six in the evening.
〈場ば所しょ〉に向むけて発たつto set off toward a destination
彼かれらは山さん頂ちょうに向むけて発たった。
They set off toward the summit.

Kanji

発departure, discharge, publish

Related words

出しゅっ発ぱつN4
出発する is the common, neutral verb for departing, while 発つ is a slightly more literary or emphatic way to describe setting off on a trip.
旅たび立だつN1
旅立つ emphasizes embarking on a journey (often with emotional weight), while 発つ simply states the act of leaving at a set time.

Opposites

着つくN5
着く means to arrive at a destination, the opposite of 発つ, which means to depart from a place.

Don't confuse with

立たつN5
立つ (same pronunciation) means 'to stand up', while 発つ specifically means 'to depart on a trip'; the kanji distinguishes the meaning.
発はっするN1
発つ (たつ) specifically means for a person to leave on a journey, while 発する is a broader, more formal verb that also covers emitting, issuing, occurring, and shooting.

Etymology

The kanji 発 means 'departure' or 'emit', and the reading たつ is a native Japanese verb meaning 'to stand' or 'to leave'. The specific use of 発つ for 'depart' is a conventional kanji assignment to distinguish this meaning from other たつ verbs.