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to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to expel; to drive out
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to be hot on a person's heels
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
to disperse; to take a castle
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
vigorously ...; suddenly ...
to be pressed for time
to disperse; to chase away; to pursue relentlessly; to be in hot pursuit
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
chasing one another; playing tag
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times
daily; day by day
to gain on (someone); to run (someone) close
to expel; to drive out
to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms
driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
overtaking; passing; pursuit (event)
supplementary payment
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
dream chaser; dreamer
if you run after two hares you will catch neither
following someone's example, and committing suicide
passing; overtaking
passing lane; outside lane; fast lane
do not chase the one who leaves
do not pursue those who leave you
ejection; eviction; dispossession
cattle droving; drover; cowpoke; running of the bulls; encierro
long pursuit
reheating bathwater; cooking additional rice
following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)
by and by; before long
expulsion room; banishment room; boredom room; rooms where employees who cannot be fired are sent to encourage resignation
money paid in addition
farewell party; send-off party
to leave of one's own accord
farewell party; send-off party
throwing good money after bad
catch up with and overtake; pass after catching up with
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
later on; shortly; presently; P.S.
battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)
loading a horse with passengers or baggage; driving a horse into a pen; Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
drive fishing; drive hunting
to read volume by volume; to go on reading
throwing good money after bad
poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death
people or companies that forcefully and illegally expel defaulting tenants from their lodgings
rīchi called after another player's rīchi
shooting a fleeing target (usu. animal) from horseback
month after month; as the months go by; with each passing month
additional cover; more margin; remargin
female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
zeal is a bad servant; (lit.) the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain
take care of yourself before you take care of others; (lit.) wave off your own flies before you wave off somebody else's flies
completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head
do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes
in order; from start to end
song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians)
(adding) extra fertilizer or manure (fertiliser)
one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; (lit.) the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away