"追う" meaning in Japanese

See 追う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [o̞ɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|おう|hhira=おふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 追(お)う • (ou) ^(←おふ (ofu)?)transitive godan (stem 追(お)い (oi), past 追(お)った (otta)) Forms: 追う [canonical] (ruby: ()), ou [romanization], ofu [romanization], 追い [stem] (ruby: ()), 追った [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 追わ [error-unrecognized-form], おわ [error-unrecognized-form], owa [error-unrecognized-form], 追い [error-unrecognized-form], おい [error-unrecognized-form], oi [error-unrecognized-form], 追う [error-unrecognized-form], おう [error-unrecognized-form], ou [error-unrecognized-form], 追え [error-unrecognized-form], おえ [error-unrecognized-form], oe [error-unrecognized-form], 追われる [passive], おわれる [passive], owareru [passive], 追わせる [causative], 追わす [causative], おわせる [causative], おわす [causative], owaseru [causative], owasu [causative], 追える [potential], おえる [potential], oeru [potential], 追おう [volitional], おおう [volitional], oō [volitional], 追わない [negative], おわない [negative], owanai [negative], 追わず [continuative, negative], おわず [continuative, negative], owazu [continuative, negative], 追います [formal], おいます [formal], oimasu [formal], 追った [perfective], おった [perfective], otta [perfective], 追って [conjunctive], おって [conjunctive], otte [conjunctive], 追えば [conditional, hypothetical], おえば [conditional, hypothetical], oeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to chase (after something) Synonyms: 追い掛ける
    Sense id: en-追う-ja-verb-PZt8rD16 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 22 17 11 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 10 25 21 10 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 9 24 14 12 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 9 28 13 9 24
  2. to drive (force into an area) Synonyms: 駆り立てる
    Sense id: en-追う-ja-verb-e3EuhPPh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 22 17 11 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 10 25 21 10 20
  3. to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel Synonyms: 追い出す, 追放する
    Sense id: en-追う-ja-verb-DuxZbcek Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 22 17 11 24 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 15 13 24 16 13 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 10 25 21 10 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 9 24 14 12 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 9 28 13 9 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 18 11 25 13 14 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 8 29 12 11 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 9 50 9 9 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 58 7 8 10
  4. to be pressed, to be put under pressure
    Sense id: en-追う-ja-verb-ZbW-ATRW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 22 17 11 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 10 25 21 10 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 9 24 14 12 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 9 28 13 9 24
  5. to pursue, to aspire to Synonyms: 追い求める
    Sense id: en-追う-ja-verb-IAnPC4hU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 22 17 11 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 10 25 21 10 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 9 24 14 12 24
  6. to follow in order, to follow a trend
    Sense id: en-追う-ja-verb-2Tc6PygJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 22 17 11 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 10 25 21 10 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 9 24 14 12 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 9 28 13 9 24
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "追う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追い",
      "roman": "oi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追った",
      "roman": "otta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おう",
        "hhira": "おふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "追(お)う • (ou) ^(←おふ (ofu)?)transitive godan (stem 追(お)い (oi), past 追(お)った (otta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 22 17 11 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 25 21 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 9 24 14 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 9 28 13 9 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to chase (after something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-追う-ja-verb-PZt8rD16",
      "links": [
        [
          "chase",
          "chase"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "追い掛ける"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 22 17 11 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 25 21 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to drive (force into an area)"
      ],
      "id": "en-追う-ja-verb-e3EuhPPh",
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "駆り立てる"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 22 17 11 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 13 24 16 13 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 25 21 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 9 24 14 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 9 28 13 9 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 11 25 13 14 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 29 12 11 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 9 50 9 9 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 58 7 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel"
      ],
      "id": "en-追う-ja-verb-DuxZbcek",
      "links": [
        [
          "oust",
          "oust"
        ],
        [
          "drive out",
          "drive out"
        ],
        [
          "exile",
          "exile"
        ],
        [
          "expel",
          "expel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "追い出す"
        },
        {
          "word": "追放する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 22 17 11 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 25 21 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 9 24 14 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 9 28 13 9 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be pressed, to be put under pressure"
      ],
      "id": "en-追う-ja-verb-ZbW-ATRW",
      "links": [
        [
          "pressed",
          "pressed"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 22 17 11 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 25 21 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 9 24 14 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pursue, to aspire to"
      ],
      "id": "en-追う-ja-verb-IAnPC4hU",
      "links": [
        [
          "pursue",
          "pursue"
        ],
        [
          "aspire",
          "aspire"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "追い求める"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 11 22 17 11 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 25 21 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 9 24 14 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 9 28 13 9 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to follow in order, to follow a trend"
      ],
      "id": "en-追う-ja-verb-2Tc6PygJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "追う"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "追う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ofu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追い",
      "roman": "oi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追った",
      "roman": "otta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "otte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "追えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おう",
        "hhira": "おふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "追(お)う • (ou) ^(←おふ (ofu)?)transitive godan (stem 追(お)い (oi), past 追(お)った (otta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chase (after something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chase",
          "chase"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "追い掛ける"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to drive (force into an area)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "駆り立てる"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oust",
          "oust"
        ],
        [
          "drive out",
          "drive out"
        ],
        [
          "exile",
          "exile"
        ],
        [
          "expel",
          "expel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "追い出す"
        },
        {
          "word": "追放する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be pressed, to be put under pressure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pressed",
          "pressed"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pursue, to aspire to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pursue",
          "pursue"
        ],
        [
          "aspire",
          "aspire"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "追い求める"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to follow in order, to follow a trend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "trend",
          "trend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "追う"
}

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