放つ
はなつ · hanatsu
To fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind
- to set free, to release, to let loose
- to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent)
- to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
Other ways to say “to fire” in Japanese →
falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
Say it out loud
Press the microphone and say 放つ (はなつ)
Your browser’s speech recognition checks whether it understood you (in Chrome, Google processes the audio). Nihoner doesn’t record anything.
Do you really know it?
Learn its family in 60 seconds
6 words that share a kanji with 放つ. Tap each card — then save only the ones that are new to you.
Your memory hook
Link the sound or the kanji to something you already know — a personal hook is one of the fastest ways to make a word stick. It’s saved to your free account with the word.
Kanji in this word
Can you write it? Draw kanji from memory →
Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 放ちますはなちます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 放ちませんはなちません |
| Polite past (ました) | 放ちましたはなちました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 放ちませんでしたはなちませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 放ちましょうはなちましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 放ちはなち |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 放ちたいはなちたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 放ちながらはなちながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 放ってはなって |
| Plain past (た形) | 放ったはなった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 放ったらはなったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 放っているはなっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 放たないはなたない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 放たなかったはなたなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 放たなくてはなたなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 放てるはなてる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 放てばはなてば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 放てはなて |
| Volitional (意向形) | 放とうはなとう |
| Passive (受身形) | 放たれるはなたれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 放たせるはなたせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 放たされるはなたされる |
Practise every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Words that share a kanji
Questions
What does 放つ mean?
To fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind. It can also mean: to set free, to release, to let loose; to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent); to send out (a person to carry out a duty).
How do you pronounce 放つ?
はなつ (hanatsu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
How do I remember 放つ?
Say it out loud with an example sentence, test yourself above, then save it to your deck: Nihoner brings it back just before you would forget it (spaced repetition).
Save your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck — Nihoner brings each one back right before you would forget it.
Free · no card · your words are kept