放電

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放電

1. (physics) to discharge electricity
2. (figurative, slang) to charm someone; to make eyes at someone; to lure; to entice
3. (of children) to play outdoors (so as to "release energy")

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Electric discharge

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Appears to be a coinage during the Meiji era, as a compound of Middle Chinese-derived components 放 (hō, “throw, release”) +‎ 電 (den, “electricity”), possibly as a calque of English discharge. First cited to the 電気訳語集 (Denki Yakugo Shū, “Electricity Translation Term Compendium”) of 1893.^[1]

• (Tokyo) ほーでん [hòódéń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

放(ほう)電(でん) • (hōden) ^{←はうでん (fauden)?}

1. [from 1893] (physics) electrical discharge

放(ほう)電(でん)する • (hōden suru) ^{←はうでん (fauden)?}suru (stem 放(ほう)電(でん)し (hōden shi), past 放(ほう)電(でん)した (hōden shita))

1. [from 1893] (physics) to discharge electricity
   • 1999 March 6, “二つの口を持つ闇の支配者(ツーマウス・ダークルーラー) [Two-Mouth Dark Ruler]”, in Starter Box, Konami:

     口(くち)が二(ふた)つある恐(きょう)竜(りゅう)。ツノに蓄(ちく)電(でん)し、背(せ)中(なか)の口(くち)から放(ほう)電(でん)する。

     Kuchi ga futatsu aru kyōryū. Tsuno ni chikuden shi, senaka no kuchi kara hōden suru.

     A two-mouthed dinosaur that discharges out of the mouth on its back the electricity it stores in its horn.

放電 • (bangjeon) (hangeul 방전)

1. hanja form^? of 방전 (“electrical discharge”)

放電

1. chữ Hán form of phóng điện (“to discharge electricity”).