Illustration: On a neighborhood baseball practice ground beside a Japanese riverbank, a child has just thrown a ball toward a parent’s waiting glove. The ball hangs clearly beyond the child’s open fingertips, with the throwing arm extended, torso turned, and rear foot lifting in follow-through.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

投なげる

nageru

to throw

Example sentences

その子こは犬いぬに石いしを投なげた。
That child threw a stone at the dog.
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彼かれは石いしを池いけに投なげた。
He threw a stone into the pond.
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石いしを投なげてはいけない。
Don’t throw stones.
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Kanji in 投

投throw; discardOnトウKunなげる

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