走る（はしる）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: to run
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 走ります | はしります |
| te-form | 走って | はしって |
| ta-form (past) | 走った | はしった |
| nai-form (negative) | 走らない | はしらない |
| potential form | 走れる | はしれる |
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Example sentences
- 毎朝、公園のまわりを走る。 — I run around the park every morning.
- 電車に間に合うように駅まで走った。 — I ran to the station to catch the train in time.
Idioms & proverbs containing “走る”
- 悪事千里を走る (あくじせんりをはしる) — bad news travels quickly
- 非行に走る (ひこうにはしる) — to turn to delinquency; to turn to crime (of a child)
- 虫唾が走る (むしずがはしる) — to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
- 感情に走る (かんじょうにはしる) — to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional
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