追いやる
おいやる
Also written 追い遣る
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to drive away; to order off; to chase away
- to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
Kanji
- 追 chase. Read as おう.
Example sentences
- ユーゴスラビアは、過去３ヶ月にわたって数千人を殺害し、諸都市を破壊して、１３０万人を難民へと追いやったボスニアのセルビア人武装勢力の行動は、同国の責任ではないとしています。
Yugoslavia says it's not responsible for the actions of Serbian militias in Bosnia which have killed thousands, ruined cities, and turned 1.3 million people into refugees over the last three months. - これ以上の値引きは、私どもを赤字に追いやるでしょう。
A further reduction would make us go into the red. - 彼は試験の失敗によって絶望に追いやられた。
His failure in the examination drove him to despair.