Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ほう > ほ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Contraction of (ほう)っておく (hōtte oku), specifically てお shifts to .

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()っとく (hottokutransitive godan (stem ()っとき (hottoki), past ()っといた (hottoita))

  1. Contraction of 放って置く. to leave someone alone
    ()っといて
    hottoite yo
    leave me alone

Conjugation edit

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