放題【ほうだい】

doing as one pleases, to one's heart's content, leaving uncontrolled

AI-generated

Structure

[verb ます-stem] + 放題 [verb ます-stem] + たい + 放題

Description

放題 goes on a verb's ます-stem and means "as much as you like", with no limit. The result is a noun: it takes の before another noun and だ or です at the end of a sentence. You meet it first on menus and price lists.

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This restaurant is all-you-can-eat for 2,000 yen.

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I booked the all-you-can-drink plan.

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I switched to an unlimited internet plan.

× 食べる放題 → 食べ放題

Left unchecked

Outside a shop, 放題 describes something nobody is controlling, and it sounds critical. With an intransitive verb, a thing has been left to run wild; with a transitive one, someone has been left to do as they please.

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The weeds in the garden have grown wild.

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The room had been left in a complete mess.

言いたい放題 and やりたい放題

With たい between the stem and 放題, it means "doing whatever you want", and the criticism is stronger: the person ignores everyone else.

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He says whatever he likes.

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The kids are doing whatever they want, and I don't know what to do.

Examples

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This buffet is all-you-can-eat with no time limit.

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On Fridays, all-you-can-drink is 500 yen.

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At the strawberry picking, you could pick as many as you wanted.

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She says whatever she pleases, and the people around her are angry.

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The kids are doing whatever they want, and the house is a mess.

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I switched to an unlimited internet plan.

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He badmouths people without restraint.

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Trash was left dumped everywhere, and the park became dirty.

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I chose the all-you-can-sing course at karaoke.

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That politician does whatever he wants, and nobody can stop him.

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I signed up for an unlimited reading service.

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Please don't leave the room in a total mess.

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