音読み: トウ
訓読み: なげる
画数: 7
部首: てへん（扌）
Meaning
Throw / Cast / Send
- Basic forms
- 投げる — to throw / to toss / base form
- 投げます — (I) throw / masu form
- 投げた — threw / ta form
- 投げて — throw (and…) / te form
- 投げない — do not throw / negative
- 投げれば — if (you) throw / conditional
- 投げろ・投げよ — throw! / imperative
- Other common forms
- ボールを投げる — to throw a ball
- 質問を投げる — to throw a question (figurative)
- 投げている — is throwing / progressive
- More
- 投げたい — want to throw / want to
- 投げられる — can throw / be thrown / potential
- 投げられない — can’t throw / negative potential
- 投げなかった — didn’t throw / negative past
投げる（なげる） is an ichidan verb. Drop る to form 投げます・投げて・投げた. Used both literally (throwing an object) and figuratively.
- 投げる — to throw
- 投票 — vote
- 投資 — investment
- 投球 — pitching (a ball)
- 投書 — letter to the editor
- 投入 — throw in / input / supply
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 投げ込む — to throw into; to hurl inside
- 投げ出す — to throw out; to abandon
- 投げ捨てる — to throw away; to discard
- 投げ返す — to throw back; to return
- 投げ掛ける — to throw at; to hurl (also figurative)
The kanji 投 combines the radical 扌 (hand) with 殳 (strike/weapon), expressing the act of throwing with the hand. It is used in both literal and abstract senses—such as throwing a ball or casting a vote.