てばなす – Vocabulary details

てばなす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to let go of; to release; to drop

2. to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to spare; to sell

3. to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go; to part with

4. to temporarily stop working

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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

どうして家いえをてばなしたの？

Why did you part with your house?

私わたしは縄なわをてばなした。

I let go of the rope.

使つかい慣なれた家か具ぐをてばなしたくない。

I don't want to get rid of the familiar furniture.

母はははダイヤの指ゆび輪わをてばなす他ほかなかった。

My mother had no choice but to part with her diamond ring.

彼かれは彼かれの秘ひ書しょが結けっ婚こんしたので彼かの女じょをてばなさなければならなかった。

He had to let his secretary go because she got married.

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