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Meanings

run over

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
レキ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ひ.く
きし.る

Common Words

轢く
Godan verb
Transitive
Usually kana
Freq #7492
1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

Examples
その犬は車にひかれた
The dog was run over by a car.
つれき
Noun
Freq #26846
1

friction; discord; strife

Examples
人種間には様々な葛藤、軋轢があることは、本書においても明らかにされているところである。
That there are various conflicts, frictions, within the races of man is a point made clear within this book as well.
軋る
轢る
輾る
Godan verb
Usually kana
Freq #45260
1

to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp

Examples
重荷で机がまた軋んだ
The loaded desk groaned again.
轢き逃げ
轢逃げ
きにげ
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #50773
1

hit-and-run (causing personal injury)

Examples
ひき逃げの犯人は翌日父親に伴われて自首してきました。
The hit-and-run driver, accompanied by his father, came and turned himself in the next day.
轢き殺す
きころ
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #52033
1

to kill by running over

Examples
彼はもうちょっとで車にひき殺されるところだった。
He barely escaped being hit and killed by a car.
きし
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #80021
1

death by being run over

れき殺
きさつ
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #81427
1

killing by running over (with a car or train)

きだん
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #162358
1

cutting in two under train wheels

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