走る

はしる

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel

JLPT N5 Common word Genki L22, Intermediate Japanese L10 Also written 奔る、疾る、趨る

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    to run
  2. to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail
  3. to rush (to); to dash; to race
  4. to retreat; to flee; to defect (to)
  5. to run away; to abscond; to elope
All 8 meanings
  1. to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)
  2. to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in
  3. to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie

Forms

PlainPolite
Present走るはしる走りますはしります
Negative走らないはしらない走りませんはしりません
Past走ったはしった走りましたはしりました
Past negative走らなかったはしらなかった走りませんでしたはしりませんでした
Te-form走ってはしって
Potential走れるはしれる
Passive走られるはしられる
Causative走らせるはしらせる
Volitional走ろうはしろう
Imperative走れはしれ
Conditional (ば)走ればはしれば
Conditional (たら)走ったらはしったら

Example sentences

  • 彼かれは走はしった。

    He ran.

  • 走はしれば躓つまずく。

    Make haste slowly.

  • 彼かれが走はしった。

    He ran.

  • 走はしり続つづけて。

    Keep running.

  • 走はしり続つづけた。

    I kept running.

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