Verb (5-dan, つ, transitive)
1. to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
2. to set free; to release; to let loose
3. to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
4. to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
5. to set fire to
in the form 火を放つ