走る
はしる
Also written 奔る, 疾る, 趨る
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to run
- to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail
- to rush (to); to dash; to race
- to retreat; to flee; to defect (to)
- to run away; to abscond; to elope (occ. 奔る)
- to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)
- to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in (as 〜に走る; occ. 趨る)
- to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie
Kanji
- 走 run. Read as はしる.
Example sentences
- またいつか風のように走るんだ。
Someday I'll run like the wind. - 君は赤信号を無視して走りましたね。
You ran a red light. - 極端に走ってはならない。
Don't go to extremes. - 極端に走ってはいけない。適度であることは何事においても大切である。
Don't go to extremes. To be moderate is important in anything. - 教室に向かって子供たちは走っていった。
The children ran toward the classroom.
Common phrases
- 前を走る
- 市内を走る
- 走り続ける (はしりつづける) to keep running
- トップを走る
- 走り出す (はしりだす) to begin to run
- 車が走る
- 中を走る
- 先頭を走る
- 道路を走る
- 首位を走る
- 衝撃が走る
- 後ろを走る
- 緊張が走る
- 非行に走る (ひこうにはしる) to turn to delinquency
- 走り抜く (はしりぬく) to outrun
Related forms
- 走らす (はしらす) to dispatch (someone) (transitive partner)
Words containing 走る
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