Illustration: On a riverside path near a Japanese residential neighborhood, a child dashes after a hat blown loose by a sudden gust. Their body leans forward, one leg stretched behind and the other reaching into the next stride, with both feet momentarily clear of the path.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

駆かける

kakeru

to run, to dash

Example sentences

すごい勢いきおいで駆かけていったよ。
He was flying down the road.
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彼かれは階段かいだんを駆かけ上あがった。
He ran up the stairs.
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我々われわれはあの丘おかを駆かけおりた。
We ran down the hill.
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Kanji in 駆

駆drive; runOnクKunかける・かる

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