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追う おう N3

  1. to chase; to follow after; to pursue; to run after
  2. to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.)
  3. to drive out; to expel; to get rid of; to oust
  4. to drive (e.g. a herd)
  5. to be pressed (e.g. for time)

幻を追う まぼろしをおう

  1. to pursue a fantasy; to pursue an illusion; to pursue phantoms

後を追う あとをおう

  1. to chase; to follow; to pursue; to run after
  2. to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
  3. to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

鹿を追う者は山を見ず しかをおうものはやまをみず

  1. the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain; zeal is a bad servant

人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追え ひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえ

  1. take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off someone else's flies

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず にとをおうものはいっとをもえず

  1. if you run after two hares you will catch neither

年を追うごとに としをおうごとに

  1. as the years go by; with each passing year; year after year

順を追う じゅんをおう

  1. to follow in order; to go through step-by-step

月を追うごとに つきをおうごとに

  1. as the months go by; month after month; with each passing month

日を追うごとに ひをおうごとに

  1. as the days go by; day by day; with each passing day
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