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JLPT N5 · Verb

走る (hashiru)

走る (はしる, hashiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to run”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はしる
Romaji
hashiru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to run · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to rush (to); to dash; to race · godan verb, intransitive
  4. to retreat; to flee; to defect (to) · godan verb, intransitive
  5. to run away; to abscond; to elope · godan verb, intransitive · occ. 奔る

Example sentences

あの走ってる少年をごらんなさい。
Look at that boy running.
Tatoeba #230641
この車は以前ほど快調に走らない。
This car is running less smoothly than it used to.
Tatoeba #221403
この列車は東京と大阪の間を走ります。
This train runs between Tokyo and Osaka.
Tatoeba #219160

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 走る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary走るはしる hashiru
Polite (~masu)走りますはしります hashirimasu
Negative走らないはしらない hashiranai
Polite negative走りませんはしりません hashirimasen
Past走ったはしった hashitta
Polite past走りましたはしりました hashirimashita
Negative past走らなかったはしらなかった hashiranakatta
Te-form走ってはしって hashitte
Potential走れるはしれる hashireru
Passive走られるはしられる hashirareru
Causative走らせるはしらせる hashiraseru
Volitional走ろうはしろう hashirou
Imperative走れはしれ hashire
Conditional (~ba)走ればはしれば hashireba

Kanji in 走る

走
runソウ・はし.る · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 走る.

逃走とうそうflight走行そうこうrunning (of a car, bus, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1402540 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.