発つ
たつ · tatsu
To depart (on a journey, trip, etc.), to leave, to set off, to start
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 発ちますたちます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 発ちませんたちません |
| Polite past (ました) | 発ちましたたちました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 発ちませんでしたたちませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 発ちましょうたちましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 発ちたち |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 発ちたいたちたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 発ちながらたちながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 発ってたって |
| Plain past (た形) | 発ったたった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 発ったらたったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 発っているたっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 発たないたたない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 発たなかったたたなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 発たなくてたたなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 発てるたてる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 発てばたてば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 発てたて |
| Volitional (意向形) | 発とうたとう |
| Passive (受身形) | 発たれるたたれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 発たせるたたせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 発たされるたたされる |
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What does 発つ mean?
To depart (on a journey, trip, etc.), to leave, to set off, to start.
How do you pronounce 発つ?
たつ (tatsu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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