はなつ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はなつ – see the following entry.
放つ
[verb] to fire, to shoot
[verb] to set free, to release
[verb] to emit, to give off
[verb] to set a fire
[verb] (baseball) to hit
Alternative spelling
発つ
(This term, はなつ (hanatsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)