走る
はしる · hashiru
To run
- to run (of a vehicle), to drive, to travel, to move, to sail
- to rush (to), to dash, to race
- to retreat, to flee, to defect (to)
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
このシューズで走ると、足が痛くなる。
このしゅーずではしると、あしがいたくなる。
When I run in these shoes, my feet hurt.
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リレーで最後を走ることになった。
りれーでさいごをはしることになった。
It was decided that I would run last in the relay.
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走ると転びそうになった。
はしるところびそうになった。
When I ran, I almost fell.
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最後に走るつもりだ。
さいごにはしるつもりだ。
I intend to run last.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 走りますはしります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 走りませんはしりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 走りましたはしりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 走りませんでしたはしりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 走りましょうはしりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 走りはしり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 走りたいはしりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 走りながらはしりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 走ってはしって |
| Plain past (た形) | 走ったはしった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 走ったらはしったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 走っているはしっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 走らないはしらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 走らなかったはしらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 走らなくてはしらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 走れるはしれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 走ればはしれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 走れはしれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 走ろうはしろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 走られるはしられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 走らせるはしらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 走らされるはしらされる |
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What does 走る mean?
To run. It can also mean: to run (of a vehicle), to drive, to travel, to move, to sail; to rush (to), to dash, to race; to retreat, to flee, to defect (to).
How do you pronounce 走る?
はしる (hashiru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 走る?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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