| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 発 | はつ | departure, departing (from ...), departing (at time ...); beginning; issued by (e.g. document); counter for gunshots, counter for blows (punches) |
| 開発 | かいはつ | development, exploitation |
| 発言 | はつげん | utterance, speech, proposal |
| 発行 | はっこう | issue (publications), publishing; raising an event (software) |
| 発展 | はってん | development, growth |
| 発表 | はっぴょう | announcement, publication |
| 反発 | はんぱつ | to repel, to oppose, to revolt, to react sharply (against); opposition, rebellion, resistance, backlash; rally, recovery (e.g. in stock prices), rebound; to rally, to recover, to rebound |
| 活発 | かっぱつ | vigor, vigour, active, lively |
| 原発 | げんぱつ | nuclear power plant, nuclear power supply |
| 先発 | せんぱつ | forerunner, advance party, going on ahead; being in a (team sports) match or game from the start, starting |