JLPT N2 · Verb

放る (houru)

放る (ほうる, houru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to throw; to fling”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほうる
Romaji: houru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss · godan verb, transitive
to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

いい球を放るようになったな、恵一君。

You throw a good ball nowadays, Keiichi.

Tatoeba #74374

その車は何週間も放ってある。

The car has been kicking around the roadside for weeks.

Tatoeba #209575

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 放る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	放る	ほうる houru
Polite (~masu)	放ります	ほうります hourimasu
Negative	放らない	ほうらない houranai
Polite negative	放りません	ほうりません hourimasen
Past	放った	ほうった houtta
Polite past	放りました	ほうりました hourimashita
Negative past	放らなかった	ほうらなかった houranakatta
Te-form	放って	ほうって houtte
Potential	放れる	ほうれる houreru
Passive	放られる	ほうられる hourareru
Causative	放らせる	ほうらせる houraseru
Volitional	放ろう	ほうろう hourou
Imperative	放れ	ほうれ houre
Conditional (~ba)	放れば	ほうれば houreba

Kanji in 放る

放

set free, release, fireホウ・はな.す・-っぱな.し · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 放る.

放送ほうそうbroadcasting放すはなすto release放れるはなれるto get free (from)解放かいほうrelease開放かいほうopening (a door, window, etc.)追放ついほうexile放射ほうしゃradiation放出ほうしゅつemission放置ほうちleaving as is放射能ほうしゃのうradioactivity放り込むほうりこむto throw into放り出すほうりだすto throw out

Source: JMdict entry 1516530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.