かいほう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free
2. deallocation (of computer memory)
Kanji used
unravel
release
Pitch accent
いほう
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
emancipation of slaves
emancipation movement; freedom movement; liberation movement
liberated area or zone
emancipation of serfs
women's liberation; emancipation of women
liberation theology; theology of liberation
sexual liberation; emancipation from gender restrictions
ordinance liberating all geisha and prostitutes (1872)
Examples (11 in total)
The hostages will be released.
The terrorists released the hostages.
She was relieved from insomnia.