はなす

Japanese

See also はなすじ, はなすみ, and はなずみ
For pronunciation and definitions of はなす – see the following entries.
話す
[verb] (transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse
[verb] to speak (a language)
放す
[verb] to release, to free, to set free, to let loose
[verb] to let go of (something held)
[verb] (after the continuative of another verb, possibly with rendaku)
[verb] to stop doing and leave alone; to let go
[verb] (usually as (ぱな) (ppanasu)) to keep doing, continue
離す
[verb] to separate, to isolate, to disconnect, to keep apart
(This term, はなす (hanasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as はなす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はなす.