駈
駈

run, gallop, advance

15 strokesGrade 10

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ク

Kun

か.けるか.る

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Common Words

駆け寄るかけよる駈け寄るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #3205
1

to run up to; to rush over

Examples
犬が私のところに駆けよってきた。
The dog came running up to me.
駆ける駈けるかけるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #3318
1

to run; to dash; to race

Examples
ぱたぱたと足跡を立てて、エントランスへと駆けてゆく。
With a pitter-patter of footsteps she runs off to the entrance.
2

to gallop (on horseback); to canter

3

Archaic

to advance (against one's enemy); to charge (on horseback)

駆け出すかけだす駈け出すIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #4348
1

to run out; to rush out

Examples
そうだな、私の時計が止まったので彼が時間を知っているかどうか、たずねただけだ。彼はただ駆け出しただけだ。
Well, I just asked him if he knew the time, because my watch has stopped, and he simply bolted.
2

to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run

駆け抜ける駆けぬける駆抜けるかけぬける駈け抜けるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5021
1

to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city)

Examples
銀行スキャンダルは国会議事堂をかけぬけました。
A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
2

to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake

駆る駈るかるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #5039
1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel

Examples
彼は衝動に駆られた。
He was borne away by an impulse.
2

to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

駆け込むかけ込む駆けこむ駈け込む駆込む駈けこむかけこむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #6670
1

to run into; to rush into

Examples
雨が降り始めたので、私は家に駆け込んだ。
Since it began raining, I ran into the house.
2

to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

駆け引きかけひき懸け引きNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #11221
1

bargaining; haggling

2

tactics; strategy; maneuvering; diplomacy

Examples
外交の駆け引きでは、とても彼には及ばない。
I am no match for him in diplomatic shrewdness.
3

Orig. meaning

(tactical) advance or retreat of troops

駆け回るかけまわる駈け回るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #11744
1

to run around; to bustle about

Examples
犬が庭をかけ回っていた。
A dog ran about in the garden.
駆け下りる駆け降りるかけおりる駈け降りるIchidan verbFreq #12920
1

to run down (stairs, etc.)

Examples
子供たちは丘を駆け下りた。
The children ran down the hill.
駆け足駆足駈け足駈足かけ足かけあしNounFreq #14032
1

running fast; double time

2

Also 駈歩

cantering

3

doing things in a hurry

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