放流|ほうりゅうhouryuu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdischarge (e.g. of water from a dam)
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, fishingrelease of fish (into a river, pond, etc.); stocking with fish (a river, etc.)
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verbbanishment; exile
Conjugation
Dictionary form放流する(ほうりゅうする)
Polite (masu)放流します(ほうりゅうします)
Negative (nai)放流しない(ほうりゅうしない)
polite (masen)放流しません(ほうりゅうしません)
classical zu / nu放流せず・放流せぬ(ほうりゅうせず・ほうりゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)放流した(ほうりゅうした)
polite (mashita)放流しました(ほうりゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)放流しなかった(ほうりゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)放流しませんでした(ほうりゅうしませんでした)
Te form放流して(ほうりゅうして)
Potential放流できる(ほうりゅうできる)
Passive放流される(ほうりゅうされる)
Causative放流させる(ほうりゅうさせる)
Causative passive放流させられる(ほうりゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)放流すれば(ほうりゅうすれば)
tara放流したら(ほうりゅうしたら)
Volitional放流しよう(ほうりゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)放流しましょう(ほうりゅうしましょう)
Imperative放流しろ(ほうりゅうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym放つはなつNeutralA verb for setting free or letting loose, also firing arrows and emitting light; broad in scope, while 「放流」 mostly covers releasing water or stocking fish.
  • Antonym捕獲ほかくNeutralAntonym: capturing animals. Opposite of 「放流」 when it means releasing creatures back into the wild.
  • Antonym採捕さいほWrittenAntonym: gathering or catching plants and animals; frequent in fisheries regulations for harvesting aquatic stock. Opposite of 「放流」 in the fish-stocking sense.

Use 「放流」 for discharging water from a dam or stocking rivers and lakes with fry, as in 「ダムの放流」「稚魚を放流する」; it can also mean banishment. For releasing in general use 「放つ」; antonyms are 「捕獲」 and 「採捕」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ダムなど塞き止せきとめた水みずを流ながすこと。
  2. 稚魚ちぎょなどを川かわや池沼ちしょうなどに放はなすこと。
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