Release - Release

Japanese: 放流 - ほうりゅう

〘noun〙① To release dammed water or the like. Also, to flow out. Figuratively, things spreading out as if a dam has been released. ※Seibu Hyoban-ki (1890)〈Tori Mitsu Kakumatsu〉1 "Where profit is generated, harm is sure to lurk there, and where harm is released, profit is sure to follow." ② To expel. To drive someone away. ※Ranto Shishi Hajime (1815) 1 "All of the barbarian seeds were released into this land." ③ To release young fish into rivers, ponds, the sea, etc. in order to breed them.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① せきとめた水などを放ち流すこと。また、流れ出すこと。比喩的に、物事が、せきを切ったように広まって行くこと。※政党評判記（1890）〈利光鶴松〉一「利の発揚する所、害必ず是に潜み、害の放流する所、利必ず是に伴ふ」② 追放すること。所払いをすること。※蘭東事始（1815）上「蛮人の種子の分は、残らず此地を放流せられしが」③ 魚を繁殖させるために、稚魚を川・池・海などへ放すこと。

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