Translation guide
Describes moving or acting with reckless speed, often without thinking, or falling/diving forward. Japanese uses adverbs, compound verbs, and mimetic words to express these ideas.
A four-character idiom meaning to rush headlong like a wild boar, often used for reckless, single-minded pursuit of a goal.
He pushed the project forward headlong.
Means reckless, rash, or foolhardy. Often used to describe a person's character or actions.
Headlong actions are dangerous.
Literally 'without thinking of before or after', meaning acting without considering consequences.
I jumped in headlong.
Describes doing something with reckless abandon, often in a positive sense of giving one's all.
I worked headlong.
Means headfirst, headlong, or upside down. Used for falling or diving.
He fell headlong off the cliff.
Kanji form of まっさかさま, same meaning.
To fall headlong.
Literally 'from the head', meaning headfirst or headlong.
I dove headlong into the pool.
A fall headlong, often used in martial arts or dramatic contexts.
To perform a headlong throw.
headlong driving (reckless)
Do not translate 'headlong' literally as 頭が長い (atama ga nagai), which means 'having a long head' and is nonsensical in this context.