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 3920 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

言いなり放題

いいなりほうだい

completely submissive to another person

気まま放題

きままほうだい

as selfishly as one pleases

取り放題

とりほうだい

as much as one can take or carry away

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

使い放題

つかいほうだい

unlimited use

Example Sentences

部屋は散らかし放題だった。

The room was all messed up.

部屋は散らかり放題だった。

The room was all messed up.

彼女はやりたい放題にやるに違いない。

She must have everything her own way.

新宿駅近くの居酒屋を予約しました。2時間飲み放題で2500円です。

I've made a reservation at a drinking place near Shinjuku Station. It's all you can drink for 2 hours for 2,500 yen.

昔の作品ですが、ネーム無しで好き放題やってしまったので無駄に長いです。

This is an early work, I did it freely without storyboarding so it's unreasonably long.

先週はパチンコで勝った友人に焼き肉をごちそうになりました。食べ放題でたらふく食べました。

Last week I was treated to dinner by my friend who'd won at pachinko. It was all-you-can-eat so I ate to my heart's content.