にがす – Vocabulary details

にがす

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to set free; to let go; to release

そっと逃にがしてくれたときもありましたよね？There were times you quietly let me go, weren't there?

2. to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away; to fail to catch

チャンスを逃にがさない性せい格かくだなあ。You're the type who never lets a chance slip by, huh.

Alt. forms

逃にがす

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にがす

Pitch accent

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Conjugations...Used in: 101

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

とりにがす

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

取とりにがす

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

のりにがす

to miss (train, boat)

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Examples (12 in total)

トムをにがすなよ。

Don't let Tom get away.

こいつをこのままにがすなよ。

Don't let this guy get away.

絶ぜっ対たいに犯はん人にんをにがすな。

Don't let the culprit get away, whatever you do.

鳥とりをにがしてあげなさい。

Let the bird fly away.

チャンスをにがさない性せい格かくだなあ。

You're the type who never lets a chance slip by, huh.

釣つった魚さかなを川かわににがした。

I released the fish I caught back into the river.

そっとにがしてくれたときもありましたよね？

There were times you quietly let me go, weren't there?

捕つかまえた虫むしを庭にわににがしてあげた。

I let the bug I'd caught go free in the garden.

こんなにすばらしい機き会かいをにがしてはいけない。

You mustn't miss such a good opportunity.

余よ計けいな欲よくでせっかくの幸こう運うんをにがすことはない。

There's no need to let a rare stroke of luck slip away through needless greed.

おとなしく吐はけばお前まえだけはにがしてやってもいいぞ。

If you come clean without a fuss, I might let you, at least, go free.

私わたしは会かい議ぎに遅おくれたので、最もっとも大たい切せつな部ぶ分ぶんを聞ききにがしてしまった。

I was late for the meeting with the result that I missed the most important part.

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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

Examples (12 in total)