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放送

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

放送 — “broadcast, broadcasting”

放送 (read ほうそう) means broadcast, broadcasting. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

ほうそう

Meaning

broadcast, broadcasting

放送 in a sentence

その番組ばんぐみは夜よる九時くじに放送ほうそうします。

That program is broadcast at nine at night.

The kanji in 放送

放to release
送to send; to see off

Words that share a kanji with 放送

放すはなす— to release, to set free, to let go
放るほうる— to throw, to toss, to fling; to leave unfinished
放れるはなれる— to get free, to break loose, to be released
解放かいほう— release, liberation, setting free
開放かいほう— opening up, throwing open (to the public)
送るおくる— to send; to see someone off
見送りみおくり— seeing off, send-off
見送るみおくる— to see off, to send off, to postpone, to pass up

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