Vocab Info

N2 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

()けるto run (race, esp. horse), to dash, to gallop (one's horse), to canter, to advance (against one's enemy)

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    1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to run, to dash, to race

    2. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      to gallop (on horseback), to canter

    3. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

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

      Archaic

    All Forms

    駆ける 【かける】駈ける 【かける】

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    Examples

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      時間(じかん)()いので、(えき)まで()()こう。

      Since we're short on time, let's run to the station.

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      ウサギが(にわ)芝生(しばふ)でピョンピョンと()ています。

      The rabbit is dashing around in hops on the lawn of the garden.

      • N2

      草原(そうげん)(うま)()けるのは、いい気分(きぶん)転換(てんかん)になります。

      Galloping on a horse across the grasslands makes for a good change of pace.

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      ()(ひき)ほどの()れで()軽々(かるがる)()ているのは鹿(しか)相違(そうい)ありません。

      There's no doubt that the herd of about five animals that were running lightly across the field are deer.

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      (たし)かに砂漠(さばく)(くるま)()けるのは気分(きぶん)()さそうだが、(くるま)(きず)ついてしまうだろう。

      Racing through the desert certainly seems exhilarating, but it would probably damage the car.

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