追う: to chase
追う ou
to chase; to follow
JLPT N3Everyday actions
追う ou
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of
JLPT N3Everyday actions
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
People in the Paleolithic period moved from place to place, following animals.
From the lesson 竪穴住居とムラ
旧石器時代の人は、ナウマンゾウなどの大きな動物を追っていました。
People of the Paleolithic hunted big animals such as Naumann's elephants.
From the lesson 人の数と暮らしの変化
From the lesson 黄泉の国
黄泉比良坂まで追ってきたスサノオは、「その刀と弓で兄弟をたおし、大国主神と名のりなさい」と呼びかけました。
Susanoo, chasing as far as Yomotsu-hirasaka, called out, “Defeat your brothers with that sword and bow, and call yourself Ōkuninushi.”
From the lesson 大国主の試練と根の国
閃光突きは目で追えない速さだった。
The flash thrust was too fast to follow with the eyes.