走

音読おんよみ: ソウ

訓読くんよみ: はしる

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部首ぶしゅ: 走（そう）

Meaning

Run / Dash / Sprint

  • Basic forms
  • 走る — to run / base form
  • 走ります — (I) run / masu form
  • 走った — ran / ta form
  • 走って — run and…; please run / te-form
  • 走らない — don’t run / negative form
  • 走れば — if (you) run / conditional
  • 走れ・走りなさい — run!; please run / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 走りたい — want to run / 〜たい form
  • 走れる — can run / potential
  • 走れた — was able to run / past potential
  • 走れない — cannot run / negative potential
  • More
  • 走ろう — let’s run / 〜よう form
  • 走らなかった — didn’t run / past negative
  • 走っている — is running / progressive
走る（はしる） is a godan verb, but its potential form is irregular: instead of the usual pattern, it becomes 走れる（はしれる）. This is a special subgroup of -る ending godan verbs.
  • 走行そうこう — running / traveling
  • 走破そうは — run through / complete (a course)
  • 脱走だっそう — escape
  • 暴走ぼうそう — reckless driving / rampage
  • 競走きょうそう — race / competition
  • 疾走しっそう — sprint / dash
  • 奔走ほんそう — running about / making every effort
Compound - tap to expand
  • 走はしり切きる — to run all the way; to finish running
  • 走はしり続つづける — to keep running; to continue running
  • 走はしり回まわる — to run around

走 shows a person in motion — a clear visual of fast movement. It forms the base of many verbs and nouns relating to running, motion, and quick action, both physically and metaphorically.

You’ll find 走 in vocabulary about speed, urgency, and dynamic behavior.

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