Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of はなす – see the following entries.
話す
[verb] (transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse
[verb] to speak (a language)
放す
[verb] release, let go, free, set free, let loose
[verb] (following the continuative of another verb)
[verb] to stop doing and leave alone; to let go
[verb] (usually inserted with a in between to double the consonant) to keep doing, continue
離す
[verb] separate, isolate, disconnect, keep apart
(This term, はなす, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as はなす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はなす.)