Word Meaning 放題

ほうだい houdai

放題 is read as ほうだい (houdai) and means (doing) as one pleases.

Meaning

English

(doing) as one pleases
to one's heart's content
letting (something) go unchecked
leaving uncontrolled
leaving (something) to take its own course

Reading

Kana

ほうだい

Romaji

houdai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 4214 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

放送問題用語

ほうそうもんだいようご

words you can't say on TV or radio

飲み放題

のみほうだい

all you can drink

出放題

でほうだい

free flow (of water)

見放題

みほうだい

unlimited viewing

出し放題

だしほうだい

free flow of water

勝手放題

かってほうだい

at one's sweet will

取放題

とりほうだい

as much as one can take or carry away

言いなり放題

いいなりほうだい

completely submissive to another person

言いたい放題

いいたいほうだい

saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

し放題

しほうだい

having one's own way

のび放題

のびほうだい

unchecked growth (esp. hair, foliage, etc.)

使い放題

つかいほうだい

unlimited use