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逃がす · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Deliberately allowing a person, animal, or thing to escape or be free. Often implies a conscious decision not to hold back.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Failing to secure an opportunity or letting something desirable get away, often through inaction or mistake. Common with チャンス, 機会, 獲物.

〈動どう物ぶつ〉を逃にがすto release an animal (set it free)
捕つかまえた鳥とりをかごから逃にがした。
I let the bird I caught go from its cage.
チャンスを逃にがすto miss a chance or opportunity
せっかくのチャンスを逃にがしてしまった。
I missed a golden opportunity.
〈人ひと〉を逃にがすto let someone get away or escape
警けい察さつは犯はん人にんを逃にがしてしまった。
The police let the criminal get away.
〈魚さかな〉を逃にがすto let a fish get away, especially while fishing
大おおきな魚さかなを逃にがしてしまった。
I let a big fish get away.

逃にげるN4sense 1
逃げる is the intransitive verb for something running away or escaping by itself, while 逃がす is the transitive verb for deliberately letting something escape.

放はなすN3sense 1
放す is a simple, everyday word for releasing one's grip on something, while 逃がす specifically implies letting it escape or go free.
見み逃のがすN2sense 2
見逃す means to overlook or fail to notice something (like a mistake or chance), while 逃がす focuses on the thing itself slipping away or being let go.
解かい放ほうN2sense 1
解放する is a formal, often abstract word for liberating or freeing someone/something, whereas 逃がす is concrete and everyday, used for animals or captives.
放はなつN1
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.

捕つかまえるN4
捕まえる means to catch or seize a person, animal, or opportunity, the opposite of 逃がす which means to let it get away.
捕とらえるN2
逃がす means to let something escape or set it free, the direct opposite of 捉える in the sense of catching or capturing.
捕とるN3
逃がす means to let something go free, the opposite of 捕る, which means to catch and hold onto it.
取とり押おさえるN2
逃がす means to let someone escape or set them free, the opposite of 取り押さえる which means to catch and hold them.

逃のがすN2
逃す (のがす) usually means to miss or fail to catch something by accident, while 逃がす (にがす) more often implies a deliberate act of letting something go free.
逃にげ出だすN2
逃がす is a transitive verb meaning to let something/someone else escape or release it, whereas 逃げ出す is intransitive and describes the subject itself fleeing.

Causative form of 逃げる (にげる, 'to escape'), literally 'to make escape'. The kanji 逃 means 'escape, flee'.