奔
奔: run
run; dash
8 strokesSecondary · Stage 3 (about 準2級)in 7 words here
Readings
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Kunはしる
ほん: 奔放(ほんぽう) "free-spirited", 奔走(ほんそう) "running around", 奔流(ほんりゅう) "torrent", 東奔西走(とうほんせいそう) "busy here and there".
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Key words
奔放ほんぽうfree; unrestrained
奔走ほんそうrunning around; busy efforts
奔流ほんりゅうtorrent
東奔西走とうほんせいそうrunning about busily
狂奔きょうほんrushing around frantically
Example sentences
彼女は奔放な性格で、思ったことをすぐ口にする。
She has a free-spirited personality and says whatever she thinks right away.
町の人たちは、お祭りの準備に奔走している。
The townspeople are busy running around preparing for the festival.
雪どけ水が奔流となって、谷を下っていった。
The meltwater became a torrent and rushed down the valley.