走る
はしる
hepburn hashiru
to run
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 毎朝公園で走ります。I run in the park every morning.
- 電車が速く走ります。The train runs fast.
Collocations
~で走る (run at)速く走る (run fast)走り (running, noun)走り回る (run around)電車が走る (train runs)
Mnemonic
はしる — 走る, Yamato. Ends in -ru, but it is a godan verb — a classic look-alike trap. The kanji 走 depicts a running figure with swinging arms — the motion itself. One verb carries two beats — the human run: 毎朝公園で走る (run in the park each morning). the vehicle's motion: 電車が速く走る (the train runs fast). A curious split between Chinese and Japanese — Chinese 走 zǒu = 'to walk'. Japanese 走る hashiru = 'to run'. The same kanji walks on one side of the sea and runs on the other; a fossil of how the character's meaning shifted across centuries. Its pair 歩く aruku (to walk) marks the two stages of human motion.
Quick check
What is the te-form of 走る?