1 old variant of 野[yě]

1 to put

2 to place

3 to release

4 to free

5 to let go

6 to let out

7 to set off (fireworks)

1 to lay down

2 to put down

3 to let go of

4 to relinquish

5 to set aside

6 to lower (the blinds etc)

1 to have a holiday or vacation

1 to renounce

2 to abandon

3 to give up

1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims

2 starving people fill the land

1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader

2 scorched earth policy

1 great release of light (idiom)

1 great release of talk (idiom); to spout nonsense

1 to burst with joy (idiom)

2 to be over the moon

3 to be elated