Word details
夜逃げ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 夜逃げ.
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Entry
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running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
Examples
彼は借金がたまって夜逃げ同然に町を去った。
He was deeply in debt. And he and his family skipped town.
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