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逃げ にげ

  1. escape; evasion; getaway

逃げる にげる N4

  1. to break out; to escape; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger); to leave (e.g. one's spouse); to run away; to take cover
  2. to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to back away; to dodge; to evade; to shirk
  3. to hold off the other contenders (until the finish); to keep the lead (and win); to win without being overtaken
  4. to be lost (e.g. of flavor); to escape (of heat, a gas, etc.); to leak out (e.g. of a scent)
  5. to fail to hold an ideal posture

逃げ出す にげだす N1

  1. to escape; to flee; to make off; to run away; to take to one's heels
  2. to start to run away

逃げ切る にげきる

  1. to get away; to make good one's escape; to outrun
  2. to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

逃げ足 にげあし

  1. escaping on foot; running away

逃げ道 にげみち

  1. escape route; means to escape; way out

逃げおおせる にげおおせる

  1. to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

逃げた魚は大きい にげたさかなはおおきい

  1. the biggest fish is always the one that got away

逃げて にげて

  1. escape!; flee!; run away!

逃げるが勝ち にげるがかち

  1. discretion is the better part of valor; fleeing is winning; he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day
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