| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 放す | はなす | to separate, to set free |
| 放れる | はなれる | to leave, to get free, to cut oneself off |
| 放る | ほうる | to let go |
| 解放 | かいほう | release, liberation, emancipation |
| 放送 | ほうそう | TV broadcasting, a radio broadcast |
| 開放 | かいほう | open, throw open, liberalization |
| 不羈奔放 | ふきほんぽう | free-spirited and uninhibited |
| 仮釈放 | かりしゃくほう | release on parole |
| 奔放 | ほんぽう | wild, uninhibited, extravagant, rampant |
| 奴隷解放 | どれいかいほう | emancipation of slaves |
| 放し飼い | はなしがい | pasturing, grazing, letting (a dog) run free |
| 放射 | ほうしゃ | radiation, emission |
| 放射性 | ほうしゃせい | radioactive |
| 放射線 | ほうしゃせん | radiation |
| 放射能 | ほうしゃのう | radioactivity |
| 放映 | ほうえい | televising |
| 放棄 | ほうき | abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right) |
| 放浪 | ほうろう | wandering |
| 放漫 | ほうまん | whimsy, looseness, indiscretion, laxity |
| 放火 | ほうか | arson, set fire to |
| 放牧 | ほうぼく | pasturage, grazing |
| 放課後 | ほうかご | after school |
| 放逐 | ほうちく | expulsion, ejection, dismissal, ostracism |
| 民放 | みんぽう | commercial broadcast |
| 追放 | ついほう | exile, banishment |
| 釈放 | しゃくほう | release, liberation, acquittal |