放る
ほうる · houru (also spelled horu)
To throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss
- to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished
- to expel (from the body), to excrete, to defecate, to give birth
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 放りますほうります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 放りませんほうりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 放りましたほうりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 放りませんでしたほうりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 放りましょうほうりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 放りほうり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 放りたいほうりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 放りながらほうりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 放ってほうって |
| Plain past (た形) | 放ったほうった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 放ったらほうったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 放っているほうっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 放らないほうらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 放らなかったほうらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 放らなくてほうらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 放れるほうれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 放ればほうれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 放れほうれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 放ろうほうろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 放られるほうられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 放らせるほうらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 放らされるほうらされる |
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What does 放る mean?
To throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss. It can also mean: to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished; to expel (from the body), to excrete, to defecate, to give birth.
How do you pronounce 放る?
ほうる (houru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 放る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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