► 動詞
駆け付ける [(4)かけつける] meaning: arrive rank: 2
☆ 祖父が危篤になって家族が病院に駆け付けた ⇨ The grandfather is dying and the family rushed to the hospital
☆ 数分後に警察が現場に駆けつけた ⇨ The police arrived at the scene within a few minutes (☛ Arrive in a hurry)
駆け引き [(2)かけひき] [駆け引きする] meaning: deal rank: 2
☆ 彼等は舞台裏で駆け引きをしている ⇨ They are wheeling and dealing behind the scenes (☛ Literally means “advance and retreat”)
駆け込む [(3)かけこむ] meaning: rush rank: 2
☆ 突然激しい雨が降り出し、人々は建物の中に駆け込んだ ⇨ Suddenly a downpour came down and people rushed into buildings
駆け寄る [(3)かけよる] meaning: come rank: 3
☆ 首相が倒れて側近が駆け寄った ⇨ The prime minister collapsed and his assistants rushed to him (☛ Come running)
駆られる [かられる] meaning: drive rank: 3
☆ 彼は強欲に駆られて殺人を犯した ⇨ He committed a murder driven by greed
☆ 彼女は激しい嫉妬に駆られた ⇨ She was engulfed by intense jealousy
駆り立てる [(4)かりたてる] [liter] meaning: drive rank: 3
☆ 何が彼を凶行に駆り立てたのだろうか？ ⇨ What drove him to commit the atrocious crime?
駆け出す [(3)かけだす] meaning: run rank: 3
☆ 彼は突然駆け出した ⇨ He suddenly started running
駆け抜ける [(4)かけぬける] [liter] meaning: run rank: 3
☆ 彼は百メートルを十秒で駆け抜けた ⇨ He ran 100m through in 10 seconds
駆け巡る [(4)かけめぐる] [liter] meaning: run rank: 3
☆ 草原を駆け巡る野生の馬 ⇨ Wild horses that run around the prairie
駆ける [(2)かける] [liter] meaning: run rank: 3
☆ 草原を駆ける野生の馬 ⇨ Wild horses running through a prairie
駆け巡る [(4)かけめぐる] [liter] meaning: run rank: 3
☆ 私の夢は空を駆け巡った ⇨ My dream ran, flew, around the sky (☛ Run around freely)
駆け抜ける [(4)かけぬける] [liter] meaning: run rank: 3
☆ 彼は短い一生を一気に駆け抜けた ⇨ He ran through his short life in one breath. He lived his short life at full speed (☛ Run through without stopping)
駆る [(1)かる] [liter] meaning: drive rank: 4
☆ 四駆を駆って山に行った ⇨ I went to a mountain driving an ATV (☛ Usually about sport driving)
駆り出す [(3)かりだす] meaning: gather rank: 4
☆ 政府は農民を戦場に駆り出した ⇨ The government mobilized farmers to the battlefield
駆り集める [(5)かりあつめる] meaning: gather rank: 4
☆ 農民を駆り集めた軍隊が善戦した ⇨ An army made by farmers fought well (☛ Form a group hastily)
駆けずり回る [(6)かけずりまわる] meaning: run rank: 4
☆ 彼女は情報を集めるために街中を駆けずり回っている ⇨ She is running around the town gathering information (☛ Run around, typically trying to find something)
► 名詞
駆け引き [(2)かけひき] meaning: deal rank: 2
☆ 彼は交渉の駆け引きが旨い ⇨ He is very good at dealing during negotiations (☛ Literally means “advance and retreat”)
駆け落ち [かけおち] [駆け落ちする] meaning: elope rank: 3
☆ 若い二人は駆け落ちした ⇨ The young couple eloped
駆け出し [かけだし] meaning: new rank: 4
☆ 彼女は当時未だ駆け出しのレポーターだった ⇨ At the time she was still a rookie reporter (☛ Literally “just started running”. Usually about someone who just started his/her career)
駆けっこ [(2)かけっこ] [coll] meaning: race rank: 4
☆ 駆けっこしよう！ ⇨ Let’s have a (foot) race! (☛ A foot race)