Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Doublet of 離す (hanasu, to separate).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(はな) (hanasutransitive godan (stem (はな) (hanashi), past (はな)した (hanashita))

  1. release, let go, free, set free, let loose
    その(いぬ)(はな)してはいけない。
    Sono inu o hanashite wa ikenai.
    Don't set the dogs loose.
    ロープを(はな)な。
    Rōpu o hanasu na.
    Don't let go of the rope.
    (うで)(はな)してくれ。
    Ude o hanashitekure.
    Let go of my arm!
  2. (following the continuative of another verb)
    1. to stop doing and leave alone; to let go
      ()(はな)mihanasuto abandon (literally, “to stop looking after and let go”)
      ()(ばな)tebanasuto relinquish (literally, “to take your hand off something”)
    2. (usually inserted with a in between to double the consonant) to keep doing, continue
      ()ちっ(ぱな)kachi'panasuto keep winning

Conjugation edit