adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. self-indulgence, looseness, dissoluteness.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
放逸 ほういつ
放佚 ほういつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

set free, release, fire
ホウ ほう.る はな.す (3rd, N3)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
deviate, idleness, leisure
そ.れる イツ いっ (Early High School, N1)
excuse, dismissal
メン まぬか.れる まぬが.れる (Late Jr. High, N1)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
device, tool, utensil
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)