解放
かいほう · kaihou (also spelled kaiho)
Release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free
- deallocation (of computer memory)
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How it’s used
Used in formal or technical contexts for release from confinement or restriction, or in computing for freeing memory.
Not to be confused with 開放 (kaihou), which means opening (e.g., a door).
Example sentences
囚人たちは解放された。
The prisoners were released.
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メモリを解放してください。
Please free the memory.
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ペットの世話から解放されるのは、ほんの一時だけだ。
ぺっとのせわからかいほうされるのは、ほんのいっときだけだ。
Being freed from pet care is only for a brief moment.
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What does 解放 mean?
Release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free. It can also mean: deallocation (of computer memory).
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かいほう (kaihou). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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