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逃がす (にがす): to let loose, to set free, to let escape — Japanese vocabulary

逃がす is read にがす and means "to let loose, to set free, to let escape". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

逃がす

Reading
にがす · nigasu
Translation
to let loose, to set free, to let escape
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
にがすが

Example

好機を逃がすな。

こうきをにがすな。

Strike while the iron is hot.

Kanji in this word

  • 逃 — Escape, Flee, Shirk

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