- kaihou release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free; deallocation (of computer memory)
Used in formal or technical contexts for release from confinement or restriction, or in computing for freeing memory.
囚人たちは解放された。
Shuujin-tachi wa kaihou sareta.
The prisoners were released.
メモリを解放してください。
Memori o kaihou shite kudasai.
Please free the memory.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 開放 (kaihou), which means opening (e.g., a door).
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