Translation guide
To force someone or something to leave a place, often by applying pressure or creating an inhospitable environment.
To make someone or something leave a location, often through coercion or pressure.
The most common and versatile verb for physically driving someone or something out of a place. Can be used for people, animals, or abstract things.
He was driven out of the room.
I drove the cat out of the kitchen.
To drive away or chase off, often used for pests, intruders, or unwanted things. Emphasizes the action of repelling.
The dog drove off the burglar.
He drove away the fly with his hand.
To exterminate or wipe out, often used in military or competitive contexts. Implies complete removal.
They drove the enemy forces out of the area.
To officially or forcefully remove someone from a group, organization, or country.
To banish, exile, or expel. Used for formal removal from a country, organization, or community.
He was driven out of the country.
The politician was expelled from the party.
To shut out or lock out; to exclude someone from a place or group, often by physical or social barriers.
To remove something abstract, such as a feeling, thought, or problem.
追い出す focuses on forcing someone/something out of an enclosed space (room, house, etc.), while 追い払う emphasizes the act of driving away or repelling, often in open spaces or for pests/intruders.
Do not use 運転する (to drive a vehicle) for 'drive out'. The English phrasal verb is idiomatic and requires verbs like 追い出す or 追い払う.
They were driven out of their homes by the flood.
追われる is the passive form of 追う, meaning 'to be driven out/forced to leave'.
The company is trying to drive out competitors.
彼は会議から締め出された。
He was shut out of the meeting.
The new mayor promised to drive out corruption.