Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 奔放(ほんぽう) in Japanese

奔放
Kana Reading
ほんぽう
Romaji
honpō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
    Example sentence
    日本人からが、アメリカ人は不安定で、自由奔放に見える。 Americans appear unsettled and uncontrolled to Japanese.

Examples of 奔放, ほんぽう in a sentence

Kanji in this word

奔 JLPT 1

8 strokes

run, bustle

On'Yomi: ホン

Kun'Yomi: はし.る

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放 JLPT 3

8 strokes

set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

On'Yomi: ホウ

Kun'Yomi: はな.す, -っぱな.し, はな.つ, はな.れる, こ.く, ほう.る

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