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出発する

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

出発する — “to depart, to set off”

出発する (read しゅっぱつする) means to depart, to set off. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

しゅっぱつする

Meaning

to depart, to set off

出発する in a sentence

朝あさ六ろく時じに出発しゅっぱつします。

We depart at six in the morning.

The kanji in 出発する

出to go out, to come out
発to depart, to set off; to reveal/publish

Words that share a kanji with 出発する

出すだす— to take (something) out; to hand in (something)
出かけるでかける— to go out; to depart
出口でぐち— an exit
出るでる— to appear, to leave
思い出すおもいだす— to recall, to remember
出席するしゅっせきする— to attend, to be present
輸出するゆしゅつする— to export
引き出しひきだし— drawer

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