手放す

• 読み: てばなす
• ローマ字: tebanasu
• 漢字の分解: 手 (te) — hand; 放 (hana/hō) — release, set free
• 発音: /te.ba.na.sɯ/

意味

To release; to let go of; to part with; to sell. Implies relinquishing something one held or owned.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated on the -す stem. 手放す covers both physical release (letting go of a handle) and the emotional act of parting with a possession, a relationship, or an opportunity. The phrase 手放しで (without reservation, unreservedly) is a related idiom meaning to praise without qualification, as if clapping freely with both hands.

例文

1. 祖父は長年大切にしてきた土地を、やむを得ず手放すことにした。
2. そのチャンスを手放したことを、今でも後悔している。
3. 子供が独立すると、親はなかなか手放せないものだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: property, relationships, business, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 手 (te — hand) + 放す (hanasu — to release, to let free). 放す shares its root with 放つ (hanatsu), both conveying the act of freeing or releasing.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal