逃げる
にげる
Also written 遁げる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger); to escape; to break out; to leave (e.g. one's spouse); to take cover
- to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to dodge; to shirk; to back away
- to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish); to keep the lead (and win)
- to escape (of heat, a gas, etc.); to leak out (e.g. of a scent); to be lost (e.g. of flavor)
- to fail to hold an ideal posture (as 腰が〜 or 体が〜)
Kanji
- 逃 flee. Read as にげる.
Example sentences
- 君はただ人生の問題から逃げているだけだよ。
You're just running away from life's problems. - 逃げよう。サツが来てる。
We're getting out of here. The cops are coming. - 奇跡でも起こらない限り、彼はそこから逃げられないんじゃないか。
He won't be able to escape from there without a miracle, will he? - 危険を察知して彼は逃げた。
Sensing danger, he ran away. - 彼らは危機に瀕すると、逃げる。
When they are in danger, they run away.
Common phrases
- 逃げ切る (にげきる) to make good one's escape
- 外に逃げる
- 逃げ遅れる (にげおくれる) to fail to escape
- 一緒に逃げる
- 熱が逃げる
- 現場から逃げる
- 窓から逃げる
- その場から逃げる
- 車で逃げる
- 方向に逃げる
- 一目散に逃げる
- 敵から逃げる
- 警察から逃げる
- 現実から逃げる
- 徒歩で逃げる
Related forms
- 逃がす (にがす) to set free (transitive partner)
Words containing 逃げる
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