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発 kanji
departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ハツホツ
Kun readings
たつあばくおこるつかわすはなつ
Variant forms
發Words with 発
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —一発抜くto ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)
- —一発勝負contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
- —一発必中success on the first try (attempt)
- —国威発揚enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence
- —自己啓発self-development; self-enlightenment
- —前人未発unprecedented; unheard-of; never propounded (discovered, invented) by anyone before
- —大詔渙発promulgation of an Imperial rescript
- —爆弾発表bombshell announcement (statement)
- —問題発言problematic statement; controversial remark
- —一発回答first and final offer in labor-management negotiations
- —一発逆転turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
- —連続発生consecutive occurrences
- —結果発表publication of results; announcement of results
- —差別発言discriminatory remark; hate speech
- —一発やるto have sex; to bang someone
- —普及啓発public awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)
- —共同発明joint invention
- —集団発生mass outbreak (of a disease)
- —戦争挑発aggression; warmongering
- —開発能力development capability