GRAMMAR
〜放題
as much as one likes
limitlessly
Explanation
NOTE
〜放題 means as much as one likes — doing something freely and without any limit.
このレストランは食べ放題です。
This restaurant is all-you-can-eat.
NOTE
It often describes a free service, like all-you-can-eat or all-you-can-drink plans.
この店では飲み放題を注文できる。
At this shop you can order the all-you-can-drink plan.
〜放題 attaches to the verb stem, here 飲み from 飲む.
NOTE
It can also carry a casual, negative tone — something left limitlessly in a bad state.
部屋が散らかり放題だ。
The room is a total mess.
NOTE
Attach 放題 to the verb stem — the ます form with ます removed.
STRUCTURE
Vます
放題このカフェはケーキが食べ放題だ。
Kono kafe wa keeki ga tabehoudai da.
This cafe has all-you-can-eat cake.
休みの日は寝放題だ。
Yasumi no hi wa nehoudai da.
On days off I can sleep as much as I like.
庭の草が伸び放題になっている。
Niwa no kusa ga nobihoudai ni natte iru.
The grass in the garden has grown wildly.
Practice exercises
1
今日は寝るだけ寝放題。
Today, I'll sleep as much as I like.
Answer
放題
2
若者に限ったことではない。言い放題。
It's not limited to young people. Anyone can say whatever they like.
Answer
放題
3
鬱憤を晴らすかのように飲み放題。
He drank as much as he liked, as if to clear his frustration.
Answer
放題
4
食べ放題と言っても、制限がある。
Even if it's called all-you-can-eat, there's a limit.
Answer
放題
5
借金があるのに、使い放題では困る。
It's a problem to spend limitlessly when you have debt.
Answer
放題
6
この店はジュースが飲み放題だ。
This shop has all-you-can-drink juice.
Answer
み放題
7
週末は家で遊び放題だ。
On weekends I can play as much as I like at home.
Answer
放題
8
畑の雑草が伸び放題になっている。
The weeds in the field have grown wildly.
Answer
び放題