adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. licentious, profligate, dissipated, riotous, wild.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
放埓 ほうらつ
放埒 ほうらつ

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)
pale, picket fence, limits
ラツ レツ ラチ (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
handful, pinch
リン リチ リツ
claw radical (no. 87)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)