N4 grammar

〜出す

Bursting into it

Formation

出す marks a beginning that is sudden or unexpected, which is what distinguishes it from 始める. It rains suddenly, she bursts out laughing. Because the start is unplanned, it sits badly with instructions.

Examples

〜出す is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. Don't burst out laughing like that. It's creepy.

  2. He proposed asking her to lunch.

  3. He fell into a rage.

  4. His hands quivered when he began to speak.

  5. He put up a notice about the change in price.

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.