Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast
2. to give up; to abandon; to throw away
3. to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
Kanji used
throw
Pitch accent
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
Examples (25 in total)
Don't throw things at me.
The boy threw a stone.
Don't throw stones into the swimming pool.
I threw the ball to Tom.
Who threw that?
He threw the ball to first base.
Can you throw a fastball?
A boy was throwing stones at the dog.
The boy threw a stone at the dog.
Please throw the ball to me.
Throw the ball as far as possible.
Tom threw a snowball at Mary.
The fisherman cast his line into the water.
I told him not to throw stones.
He threw a stone into the pond.
He broke the window by throwing a stone.
The child threw a stone at the cat.
He threw a ball over the fence.
She threw a suspicious glance at him.
The boy passed the time by flinging stones into the lake.
The fishermen cast their nets into the sea.
I threw a ball to my dog and he caught it in his mouth.
The boy knows how to throw a curve.
The boy threw a stone at the frog.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.