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放し飼い

Reading

Kana: はなしがい
Romaji: hanashigai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

free range breeding; pasturing; grazing

2

letting run free (dog, child, etc.)

Kanji

放
Readings: ホウ、 はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る
Meanings: set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
飼
Readings: シ、 か.う
Meanings: domesticate, raise, keep, feed

Example Sentence

あの犬(いぬ)を放(はな)し飼(が)いにしておくのは危険(きけん)だ。
➥That dog is too dangerous to be left loose.
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