Illustration: At the edge of a neighborhood grove, a child opens both cupped hands to release a rhinoceros beetle. The beetle has spread its wing covers and is lifting just above the fingers toward a nearby tree. The child's palms remain beneath it, visibly empty and no longer enclosing its body.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

放はなす

hanasu

to let go, to release

Example sentences

  1. その犬いぬはボールを放はなそうとしなかった。

    The dog wouldn’t let go of the ball.

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  2. 腕うでを放はなして。

    Let go of my arm!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ロープを放はなすな。

    Don’t let go of the rope.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 放

  • 放set free; releaseOnホウKunはなす・はなつ・はなれる

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