出す（だす）
JLPT N4 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to take out / submit
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 出します | だします |
| te-form | 出して | だして |
| ta-form (past) | 出した | だした |
| nai-form (negative) | 出さない | ださない |
| potential form | 出せる | だせる |
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Example sentences
- 帰りにポストに手紙を出す。 — I'll drop a letter in the mailbox on my way home.
- かばんから読みかけの本を出す。 — I take out the book I was reading from my bag.
Idioms & proverbs containing “出す”
- 出すことは舌を出すも嫌い (だすことはしたをだすもきらい) — being exceptionally stingy
- 手を出す (てをだす) — to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm
- 膿を出す (うみをだす) — to force out corruption; to drive away misconduct; to clean up; to drain out pus
- あごを出す (あごをだす) — to be exhausted; to be worn out; to be done in
- 裸足で逃げ出す (はだしでにげだす) — to be put to shame (of an expert); to be no match (for someone); to run away barefoot
- 暗がりから牛を引き出す (くらがりからうしをひきだす) — to drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another; to come out from the darkness with a cow
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