Illustration: In an apartment laundry corner, a young adult casually tosses a balled pair of socks toward an open laundry basket. The sock ball is suspended between the person's relaxed, newly opened hand and the basket rim, with the forearm still extended from the underhand motion.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

放ほうる

houru

to throw, to toss

Example sentences

  1. いい球たまを放ほうるようになったな、恵一君けいいちくん。

    You throw a good ball nowadays, Keiichi.

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  2. 箱はこをここに放ほうるのは邪魔じゃまだよ。

    Those boxes you threw down here are in the way.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 入学式にゅうがくしきから帰かえると、私わたしはランドセルを放ほうり投なげた。

    When I got home from the entrance ceremony, I tossed my schoolbag aside.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · 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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