Keyword
release
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig535
Readings
ほう
(50%)
はな
(32%)
(7%)
ほお
(4%)
ばな
(3%)
ぱな
(1%)
Composed of
way
folding chair
Mnemonic

The way to open this folding chair is to release the latch holding the legs.

Used in kanji (1 in total)
emulate
Used in vocabulary (536 in total)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
after school (at the end of the day)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to throw into; to toss into
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
release; emission; ejection
to shed light; to cast light
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to throw open; to leave open
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
absentmindedness; peace of mind
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
release; liberation; acquittal
arson; setting fire
radiation; emission
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to set fire (to)
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
electrical discharge
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
televising; broadcasting; airing
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
deportation; expulsion from the country
to be conspicuous; to stand out
broadcasting station; broadcaster
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water
rebroadcasting; rerun
pasturage; grazing
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
principle of laissez-faire
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
all you can drink; bottomless cup
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
careless remark
to give off a stench; to stink
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
vagrant; vagabond; drifter
largehearted; frank; unaffected
unlimited viewing; watching as much as one likes
self-indulgence; looseness; dissolution; licence; license
radiation; diffusion
as much as one can take or carry away
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
neglecting; leaving alone
to neglect; to let alone
radiant heat; heat radiation; heat dissipation; thermolysis
to take one's eyes off
abandoning; giving up; quitting
releasing on parole; conditional release
to waive one's right; to waive a right
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
commercial broadcast
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
public announcement (in a department store, etc.)
debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser
TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
expulsion from school
emancipation of slaves
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
sense of space; spaciousness
grazing land; pasture
untouched; unrestrained; unscathed
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
pasture; grazing land
to give out (off) fragrance
breaking wind; fart
national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast
to break free of
public broadcasting (e.g. NHK, BBC)
to liberate; to set free
licentious; self-indulgent
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to thrust or cast away; to look upon with detachment
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
time (for a program, programme); broadcasting hours; air time
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
whimsy; looseness; indiscretion; laxity
expellee; purgee; exile
a series of arson cases
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
boldness; fearlessness
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
(arch.) discarding; (arch.) abandoning; variety of street performance from the Middle Ages; casting off one's attachments (in Zen)
in-car announcement (on a train); PA system on a train
words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts
at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases
self-indulgence; looseness; dissoluteness
broadcast writer (TV and radio)
flood bypass; floodway; discharge channel; diversion channel
to break wind; to let off a fart; to have a shot
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
doing as one pleases; having one's own way
rejection of an inheritance; waiving of inheritance
illegally-parked bicycle; abandoned bicycle; discarded bicycle
setting one's mind at ease; not feeling that one need be concerned (about something); feeling free to disregard (something)
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
emancipation movement; freedom movement; liberation movement
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
radiative cooling; radiational cooling
to unsheath a sword; to slay
free flow (of water); random talk; nonsense
stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price
to get free (from); to be freed; to be released
late-night broadcasting
liberated area or zone
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
free talk; irresponsible talk
broadcasting code; television code; code of practices for television broadcasters
free flow of water
synchrotron radiation
on-the-spot or live broadcast; running commentary; blow-by-blow report; play-by-play report
borrowing without returning
to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)
release of captive animals (birds, fish, etc.)
time slot (on TV, radio, etc.)
digital broadcasting
being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life
announcement (e.g. in a train station)
opening up of a market; market liberalization
laissez-faire; non-intervention
thermal radiation
licentious; self-indulgent
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
emancipation of serfs
radiology technician; radiographer
international broadcast(ing)
rough; careless; reckless; slovenly
loud singing
data broadcasting; datacasting
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to separate in thought; to consider as independent
broadcast marathon; transmitting sequential episodes of a radio or television series
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling; totally uninhibited
fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated
setting free a bird; bird to be set free
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
broadcasting rights
actinomycete; actinomycetes; ray fungus
singing at the top of one's voice
(Japanese) Broadcast Act
(announcement over) the public address system (e.g. in stadium)
falconry; hawking
broadcasting network
broadcast program; broadcast programme
broadcast of political opinions; broadcast by candidate; party political broadcast
Reform and Opening-up (Chinese economic policy)
unfinished; incomplete
waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship); water hose outlet (for firefighting)
fast living; dissipated life; riotous life
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
(the crime of) arson
(daily) segment of a radio or TV program
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
analog broadcasting
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
commercial broadcasting
women's liberation; emancipation of women
battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage
to win consecutive; to have a long winning streak
life release; ceremony of releasing captive animals
stereo broadcasting
announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")
radiation damage; radiation injury; radiation hazard
to break free of
radioelement; radioactive element
debt forgiveness; debt waiver
to kick free; to kick loose; to kick away; to kick open (e.g. a sliding door)
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
to unsheathe one's sword
pyromania; a pyromaniac
short-wave broadcasting
threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill
radiocarbon (i.e. carbon-14)
to pull apart
bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve
terrestrial digital broadcasting
irresponsible management; loose management; sloppy management
radiation sickness; radiation disease
free-spirited and uninhibited
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
commercial television
to expel (from the body); to excrete; to defecate; to give birth
completely submissive to another person
to let loose something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the field
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
central broadcasting station; central radio station; central television station
self-discharge (of a battery)
terrestrial digital television broadcasting
free-spirited and uninhibited
continuing education courses offered via radio or television; open university
commercial broadcaster; commercial radio or TV station
to fart; to break wind
pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure
expulsion from school; dismissal of class (at the end of the day)
commercial broadcasting station
radiatio; radial structure; radiation (in anatomy, etc.)
medical radiographer; radiological technologist
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation damage
stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
abandonment of cultivation
discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
defenestration (throwing something or somebody out the window)
movements for sending young people to the countryside in China (1937, 1957, 1968)
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
unfinished; incomplete
broadcast license; broadcast licence
rough; careless; reckless; slovenly
parolee; person on parole
winning straight victories; making a clean score
to expel; to eject; to push out; to force out
big-hearted and free-spirited; daring and uninhibited
cooling fan; heat exhaust fan
radiation pressure
as selfishly (willfully) as one pleases
military broadcast
after-school education; cram school education
emission of light
saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk
Webcast; Internet broadcast
liberation theology; theology of liberation
let a hundred flowers blossom (Chinese communist party slogan); Hundred Flowers campaign
teletext broadcasting
emission standard; effluent standard; release criteria
to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
multiplex broadcast or transmission
Emergency Warning System (radio and TV broadcasts); EWS; emergency warning broadcast
electrical discharge machining; electro-discharge machining; EDM
as selfishly (willfully) as one pleases
radiation symbol; trefoil; radiation warning symbol
allow to cool; cooling
multiplex broadcast(ing)
self-indulgence; looseness; dissoluteness
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
as much as one can take or carry away
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
doing as one pleases; having one's own way
to fart; to break wind
stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price
fried beef or pork offal (entrails)
farting; breaking wind
useless person; worthless person; farting; farter
announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")
announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")
soaking something; leaving something to soak
soaking something; leaving something to soak
completely submissive to another person
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
having few faults as well as few virtues; (lit.) not burning agarwood (incense); not passing wind
stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
sexual liberation; emancipation from gender restrictions
(stock market) slump
(stock market) slump
bremsstrahlung; X-rays produced when fast electrons pass through matter
broadcast in which participants speak from different stations
to win continuously
broadcasting of still pictures
broadcast originating from multiple locations
NTT's unmetered telephone service
International Commission on Radiological Protection; ICRP
field emission (electric)
relocation of wild animals to a remote location
as freely as one pleases; at will; to one's heart's content
bold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered
terrestrial digital radio broadcasting
general release; quit claim agreement; waiver agreement
radiation genetics; study of the effects of radiation on genes
hexactinellid sponge; glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)
electrostatic discharge; ESD
broadcast (as opposed to cable) television
radiation warning sign; trefoil; radiation warning symbol
simulcast; simultaneous broadcast
discharged water; final effluent
discharge water from a dam
dam discharge (e.g. water)
mould room technician (radiology)
words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts
extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
ordinance liberating all geisha and prostitutes (1872)
radiation-induced polymerization; radiation polymerization
actinomyces; actinomycetes; ray fungus
black body; blackbody; Planckian radiator; full radiator; perfect radiator
upper-atmospheric lightning; upper-atmospheric discharge
to excrete (faeces, urine)
to expel (faeces)
to get free; to be freed; to be released
acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation sickness
acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation sickness
musical farting; making various amusing farting sounds
farting jester (Edo period); flatulist
farting jester (Edo period); flatulist
farting; farter
farting; farter
radiation meter (e.g. Geiger counter); particle detector; radiation detector
specific radioactivity
3K radiation; cosmic background radiation
3K radiation; cosmic background radiation
Rustication Movement; movement in China in 1957 to get people to move to the countryside
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect; to abandon
terrestrial digital broadcasting; digital terrestrial television
obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems); person obsessed with radiation; (lit.) radiation brain
released prisoner; ex-convict
Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting; ISDB; Japanese standard for digital television and radio, also widely used in South America
Liberation Day (in Korea, Italy, etc.)
to call (someone) out of a pool of many
getting free; being released
rebroadcasting; rerun
Examples (200 in total)
His words delivered her from her anxiety.
This flower gives off a strong fragrance.
The flowers give off a very pleasant perfume.