放つ

Meaning

1. v5tvt
   to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
2. v5tvt
   to set free; to release; to let loose
3. v5tvt
   to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
4. v5tvt
   to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
5. v5tvt
   to set fire to

Example sentences

• クエーサーとは、非常に遠方にある、まぶしい輝きを放つ天体だ。

  Quasars are brilliantly shining heavenly bodies that are extremely far away.

• 放っておいて。

  Leave me alone!

• 彼らのことは放っておけよ。

  Let them take care of themselves.