放っとく

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほう > ほ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Contraction of (ほう)っておく (hōtte oku), specifically てお shifts to .

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っとく [hòttókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) っと [hòttóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞t̚to̞kɯ̟]

Verb

()っとく • (hottokutransitive godan (stem ()っとき (hottoki), past ()っといた (hottoita))

  1. contraction of 放って置く to leave someone alone
    ()っといて
    hottoite yo
    leave me alone

Conjugation

See also