拂う
Japanese
Kanji in this term
拂
はら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of
拂う
– see the following entry.
【
払
はら
う
】
[verb]
to
drive away
, to
get rid of
[verb]
to
pay
(money)
[verb]
to
expend
; to
exhaust
(in order to achieve some goal)
[verb]
to
pay
; to
afford
; to
show
(
attention
,
respect
, etc.)
[verb]
to
empty
[verb]
(
calligraphy
)
to
write
as a
sweeping
stroke
to the bottom right (
㇏
)
(This term,
拂う
, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)