| term | pronunciation | English |
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| 出発 | しゅっぱつ・する | departure |
| 発つ | たつ | to depart (on a plane, train, etc.) (v5t) |
| 爆発 | ばくはつ | explosion, detonation, eruption |
| 発揮 | はっき | exhibition, demonstration, utilization |
| 発射 | はっしゃ | firing, shooting, discharge, catapult |
| 発想 | はっそう | expression (music), conceptualization |
| 発達 | はったつ | development, growth |
| 発展 | はってん | development, growth |
| 発売 | はつばい | sale |
| 発明 | はつめい | invention |
| 蒸発 | じょうはつ | evaporation, unexplained disappearance |
| 発行 | はっこう | issue (publications) |
| 発表 | はっぴょう | announcement, publication |
| 発見 | はっけん | discovery |
| 発車 | はっしゃ | departure of a vehicle |
| 開発 | かいはつ | development, exploitment (of resources) |
| 発電 | はつでん | generation (e.g. power) |
| 発音 | はつおん | pronunciation |
| 始発駅 | しはつえき | the starting (train) station |
| アセトンブタノール発酵 | アセトンブタノールはっこう | acetone-butanol fermentation |
| ロケット発射筒 | ロケットはっしゃとう | rocket launcher |
| 一触即発 | いっしょくそくはつ | critical (touch and go) situation, explosive situation |
| 併発 | へいはつ | concurrence, coincidence, complication (in illness) |
| 偶発 | ぐうはつ | sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental |
| 再発 | さいはつ | return, relapse, reoccurrence |
| 原発 | げんぱつ | nuclear power plant, nuclear power supply |
| 双発 | そうはつ | two-motored |
| 大詔渙発 | たいしょうかんぱつ | promulgation of an Imperial rescript |
| 始発 | しはつ | first train |
| 宇宙開発 | うちゅうかいはつ | space development |
| 宇宙開発事業団 | うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだん | National Space Development Agency, NASDA |
| 挑発 | ちょうはつ | provocation, stirring up, arousal |
| 挑発的 | ちょうはつてき | provocative, suggestive, lascivious |
| 排卵誘発剤 | はいらんゆうはつざい | ovulation-inducing drug |
| 揮発 | きはつ | volatilization, volatilisation |
| 揮発性 | きはつせい | volatile |
| 揮発油 | きはつゆ | gasoline, petrol, petroleum, benzine, volatile oil |
| 摘発 | てきはつ | exposing, unmasking, laying bare |
| 散発 | さんぱつ | sporadic, scattering |
| 未発表 | みはっぴょう | unpublished, not yet announced |
| 沖縄開発庁長官 | おきなわかいはつちょうちょうかん | Director General of Okinawa Development Agency |
| 活発 | かっぱつ | vigor, vigour, active, lively |
| 濫発 | らんぱつ | random firing, reckless firing, excessive issue |
| 発令 | はつれい | official announcement, proclamation |
| 発効 | はっこう | coming into effect |
| 発勁 | はっけい | release internal power |
| 発奮 | はっぷん | inspired, stimulated, roused |
| 発掘 | はっくつ | excavation; discovery (e.g. new talent) |
| 発汗 | はっかん | sweating, perspiration |
| 発泡 | はっぽう | foaming |
| 発泡スチロール | はっぽうスチロール | styrofoam, styrene foam, expanded polystyrene |
| 発注 | はっちゅう | ordering (materials), placing an order, order |
| 発煙筒 | はつえんとう | smoke candle |
| 発砲 | はっぽう | firing, discharge of gun |
| 発祥 | はっしょう | origin, appearance of auspicious omen |
| 発祥地 | はっしょうち | cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.), birthplace |
| 発端 | ほったん | the beginning |
| 発芽 | はつが | burgeoning |
| 発覚 | はっかく | detection, coming to light |
| 発言 | はつげん | utterance, speech, proposal |
| 発起人 | ほっきにん | originator, promoter |
| 発足 | ほっそく, はっそく | starting, inauguration, launch, founding, establishment, start-up |
| 発酵 | はっこう | fermentation, zymosis |
| 発酵乳 | はっこうにゅう | yoghurt |
| 発酵素 | はっこうそ | a ferment |
| 発電所 | はつでんしょ | power plant, power station |
| 発露 | はつろ | appearance, expression, manifestation |
| 触発 | しょくはつ | touching off something, provocation |
| 誘発 | ゆうはつ | cause, induce, lead up to |
| 頻発 | ひんぱつ | frequency, frequent occurrence |