後を追う – Vocabulary details

後あとを追おう

Expression

Verb (5-dan, う)

1. to follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after

僕ぼくは立たち上あがり、彼かの女じょの後あとを追おった。I stood up and followed her.

2. to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one

祖そ父ふは祖そ母ぼの後あとを追おうように亡なくなった。My grandfather passed away soon after my grandmother, as if following her.

3. to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

after

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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)

早はやく、彼かれの後あとを追おいかけて。

Quick, run after him.

僕ぼくは立たち上あがり、彼かの女じょの後あとを追おった。

I stood up and followed her.

彼かの女じょは母はは親おやの後あとを追おいかけてばかりいる。

She is always running after her mother.

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