表層形
追いかけん
オイカケン
動詞
追いかけん (オイカケン)
Oikaken · おいかけん — to chase, to run after, to pursue; subsequently, following that, (and) then
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追いかけん in rōmaji: oikaken.
動詞
一般
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📝 追い掛ける 🔤 下一段-カ行 📐 終止形-撥音便
Updated: 2026年9月27日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
追いかけん
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
追い掛ける
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| 読み (Reading) |
オイカケン
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
下一段-カ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-撥音便
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
追いかけん
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| 読み・基本形 |
オイカケル
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| 表記・基本形 |
追いかける
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| 見出し語の読み |
オイカケル
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How it's used
This is a colloquial contraction of 追いかけない (negative form of 追いかける), used in casual speech in western Japan, especially in Kansai dialect, to mean 'not chase' or 'don't chase'.
あいつを追いかけんとって。
Aitsu o oikaken totte.
Don't chase after that guy.
もう追いかけんでもええやろ。
Mou oikaken demo ee yaro.
You don't need to chase anymore, right?
💡 English Meaning
追いかけん means “to chase, to run after, to pursue; subsequently, following that, (and) then” — full definition & examples →
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オイカケン
Lemma: 追い掛ける
動詞一般**
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⚡ 一段 (Ichidan/Ru-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
追い掛けます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
追い掛けて
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| 過去形 (Past) |
追い掛けた
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
追い掛けない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
追い掛けましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
追い掛けられる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
追い掛けられる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
追い掛けさせる
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