Word details

放下

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 放下.

Dictionary

Entry

放下うかうげNoun~する VerbFreq #93173
1

Archaic; Buddhism

discarding; abandoning

2

ほうか only

variety of street performance from the Middle Ages

3

ほうげ only

casting off one's attachments (in Zen)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

8 strokesFrequency 288JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ホウ

Kun

はな.す-っぱな.しはな.つはな.れるこ.くほう.る

Nanori

はなれ

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

3 strokesFrequency 97JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

したしももとさ.げるさ.がるくだ.るくだ.りくだ.す-くだ.すくだ.さるお.ろすお.りる

Nanori

さかしと

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