I Love Kanji逃げる (nigeru)
逃げる (にげる, nigeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to run away; to flee”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- にげる
- Romaji
- nigeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger); to escape; to break out · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to dodge; to shirk; to back away · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish); to keep the lead (and win) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to escape (of heat, a gas, etc.); to leak out (e.g. of a scent); to be lost (e.g. of flavor) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to fail to hold an ideal posture · ichidan verb, intransitive · as 腰が〜 or 体が〜
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 逃げる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 逃げる | にげる nigeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 逃げます | にげます nigemasu |
| Negative | 逃げない | にげない nigenai |
| Polite negative | 逃げません | にげません nigemasen |
| Past | 逃げた | にげた nigeta |
| Polite past | 逃げました | にげました nigemashita |
| Negative past | 逃げなかった | にげなかった nigenakatta |
| Te-form | 逃げて | にげて nigete |
| Potential | 逃げられる | にげられる nigerareru |
| Passive | 逃げられる | にげられる nigerareru |
| Causative | 逃げさせる | にげさせる nigesaseru |
| Volitional | 逃げよう | にげよう nigeyou |
| Imperative | 逃げろ | にげろ nigero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 逃げれば | にげれば nigereba |
Kanji in 逃げる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 逃げる.
逃がすにがすto set free逃亡とうぼうescape逃すのがすto miss (e.g. a chance)逃走とうそうflight逃れるのがれるto escape見逃すみのがすto miss逃げ出すにげだすto run away
Source: JMdict entry 1450330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.