Keyword
escape
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig301
Readings
(77%)
のが
(16%)
とう
(6%)
Composed of
omen
road
Mnemonic

That's a bad omen. Let's get on the road and escape before the apocalypse hits!

Used in vocabulary (132 in total)
to escape; to run away
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to escape
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
flight; desertion; escape
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
escape; getaway; evasion
way out; means to escape; escape route
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to run about trying to escape
escape; evasion; flight
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
to take flight; to disappear
running away; escaping on foot
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
flight; elopement
to run about trying to escape
runaway; fugitive
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
to run away and hide
quitting while one is ahead
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to let an opportunity slip
avoiding or dodging responsibility
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)
to scuttle off; to take flight
escaping; evading
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
overlooking; letting a good ball go by
to flee; to run away
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
road mirage; water mirage
to escape safely
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to shirk one's responsibility
hit-and-run accident causing property damage
to escape; to run away
preparing to flee
way of escape
reaching first base safely due to opponent's error
escapist; evasive
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
stealing a ride; stolen ride
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
breaking off contact with someone after having sex with them; wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
way out; means to escape; escape route
quibbling; temporizing; temporising
front runner
leaving a pub, restaurant, etc. without having paid for one's drinks
missed-program webcast; webcast of a serialized TV show (after the TV broadcast); catch-up TV
makeshift; stopgap
selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
fly-by-night arranger; person who helps others flee creditors
to escape; to run away
the biggest fish is always the one that got away
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
way out; means to escape; escape route
to fail to escape
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
evading military service; draft dodging
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
escape valve; release valve; relief valve
running away from a debt
road mirage; water mirage
to miss (train, boat)
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
stealing a ride; stolen ride
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
act of fleeing into hiding
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
quibbling; prevarication
front runner
out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to run about trying to escape
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
breaking off contact with someone after having sex with them; wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck
leaving a pub, restaurant, etc. without having paid for one's drinks
makeshift; stopgap
to miss (train, boat)
temporary expedient
elimination by lottery
ping pong dash; ding dong dash
clearance groove; under cut
clearance groove; under cut
profiting by escaping (from punishment, payment, etc.)
barking while in retreat
cheating by hiding a card one has been dealt (so that one can claim one wasn't dealt the correct number of cards)
Examples (176 in total)
The man ran away.
Why did you run away?
I saw him run away.