あとをおう – Vocabulary details

あとをおう

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.)

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、彼かれのあとをおいかけて。

Quick, run after him.

僕ぼくは立たち上あがり、彼かの女じょのあとをおった。

I stood up and followed her.

彼かの女じょは母はは親おやのあとをおいかけてばかりいる。

She is always running after her mother.

祖そ父ふは祖そ母ぼのあとをおうように亡なくなった。

My grandfather passed away soon after my grandmother, as if following her.

少しょう年ねんのあとをおうのは、そう難むずかしいことではなかった。

It was not so difficult to follow the boy.

夫おっとが亡なくなった翌よく年ねん、妻つまもあとをおうように亡なくなった。

The year after her husband died, the wife passed away too, as if following him.

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