放つ

はなつ

Meanings

  1. Godan verb, Transitive to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
  2. to set free; to release; to let loose
  3. to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
  4. to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
  5. to set fire to (in the form 火を放つ) See also: 火を放つ (ひをはなつ).

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