とうぼう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
Pitch accent
うぼう
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
fleeing the country
runaway; fugitive
Examples (6 in total)
He attempted to escape.
The man got away from the city.
The alternative possibilities were resistance and flight.
I was arrested for aiding in his escape.
The boy attempted an escape, but failed.
He defected to the Soviet Union in the 1950's.