Keyword
follow
- chase
- drive away
- pursue
- meanwhile
- Frequency
- #411
- Strokes
- 9
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1359
Readings
お52%
ツイ48%
Mnemonic
A lost tourist spots a guy with a beer belly and a hat strolling down the road toward the pub, and decides to follow him.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
追い込む
to herd; to drive; to chase; to corral; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself; to make a last charge; to run on (e.g. lines in printing); …
Godan verb
追う
to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to oust; to expel; to drive (e.g. a herd); …
Godan verb
追及
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down; catching up; overtaking
Noun
追放
exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; ousting; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
Noun
追い風
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
Noun
後追い
trailing; chasing after; imitation; imitating; copying; following someone's example; clinginess (in babies, toddlers)
Noun
追っかけ
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession; soon (after)
Noun
追い討ち
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
Noun
追いつく
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
Godan verb
追い出し
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; eviction; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
Noun