- bousou acting rashly, running wildly, behaving recklessly, reckless driving, rampage; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
Used for sudden, uncontrolled, often violent or reckless behavior, from vehicles to emotions to runaway processes.
彼は怒りで暴走して手がつけられない。
Kare wa ikari de bousou shite te ga tsuke rarenai.
He is rampaging in anger and is out of control.
暴走族が夜中に騒音をまき散らす。
Bousouzoku ga yonaka ni souon o maki chirasu.
Biker gangs spread noise in the middle of the night.
⚖️ Often confused with 暴走 (bousou) meaning reckless driving; the kanji 暴走 itself can refer to any out-of-control action, not just driving.
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