Word details

投げ打つ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 投げ打つ.

Dictionary

Entry

投げ打つなげうつ擲つ抛つTransitiveGodan verbFreq #34196
1

to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

Examples
彼女は国のために命をなげうった。
She laid down her life for her country.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

投

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

7 strokesFrequency 236JLPT N2Grade 3

On

トウ

Kun

な.げる-な.げ
打

strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

5 strokesFrequency 239JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ダダース

Kun

う.つう.ち-ぶ.つ

Nanori

うち
擲

hit, resign

18 strokes

On

テキチャクジャク

Kun

なぐ.るなげう.つ
抛

hurl

8 strokes

On

ホウ

Kun

なげう.つ

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