Houdai

放題 (Houdai) is a Japanese suffix meaning “(doing) as one pleases, to one's heart's content, letting (something) go unchecked, leaving uncontrolled”.

Meanings

  1. suffix(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own courseusu. after -masu stem or volitional form of verb

Examples

  • The room was in total disorder.

  • The room was all messed up.

  • Let's get an open ticket.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 放題

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Related words

question (e.g. on a test)to releasebroadcastingreleaseleaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.)topichomeworkarsonreleaseto fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.)subjectleaving as is