Translation guide
How to express 'drive into' in Japanese, covering physical movement into a space, colliding with something, and metaphorical uses.
To enter a location by driving a vehicle, such as a garage, parking lot, or driveway.
General pattern: place + に + 車で + 入る. Use this for driving into a garage, parking lot, etc.
I drove the car into the garage.
He drove into the parking lot.
To drive or ride into a place, often used for vehicles entering a restricted area or driveway.
I drove the car into the garden.
Formal term for entering a road, lane, or area, often used in traffic contexts.
Drive onto the expressway.
To crash a vehicle into something, such as a wall, tree, or another car.
General term for colliding with something. Use with vehicle as subject or object.
The car drove into the wall.
He drove his car into a utility pole.
Formal term for collision, often used in news or reports.
The truck drove into the guardrail.
To plow into, often used for forceful or accidental crashes.
To cause someone or something to enter a particular state, often negative, such as madness, despair, or debt.
To drive someone into a corner or a difficult situation. Often used with 追い詰める (to corner).
They drove him into despair.
The policy drove the country into chaos.
Causative form to indicate making someone become something. Use with adjectives or nouns.
His words drove her into a rage.
To drive someone into action or a state, often with a sense of urging or compelling.
To force a pointed object into a surface or material.
The English phrasal verb 'drive into' has multiple meanings. Do not translate word-for-word. Use the appropriate Japanese expression based on context: entering a place, colliding, causing a state, or forcing an object into something.
車が店に突っ込んだ。
A car drove into the store.
Curiosity drove him into adventure.
彼はナイフをテーブルに突き刺した。
He drove the knife into the table.