First opened Thursday, October 9, 2025
放出
ほうしゅつ
- flat (heiban)
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
release, emit
Taken apart
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In a sentence
物質が化学的に変化する時には、化学エネルギーが放出される。
When matter is changed chemically, chemical energy is given off.
太陽は信じられないほど、とてつもない熱と光を多量に放出している。
The sun sends out an incredible amount of heat and light.
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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.