馳

Meaning

馳 centers on swift, energetic forward motion: running, galloping, sailing, or driving a vehicle. The extended sense of spreading fame or dispatching something comes from the same idea of something moving out quickly and widely.

• ご馳走様ごちそうさま
  N2

  thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

• ご馳走ごちそう
  N4

  treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); taking someone to dinner

• 馳せるはせる

  to run; to hurry (when going somewhere)

• 馳走ちそう

  treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food

• ご馳走様でしたごちそうさまでした
  N5

  thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

• ご馳走さんごちそうさん

  thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

• ご馳走になるごちそうになる

  to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

• ご馳走攻めごちそうぜめ

  treating someone to one delicious meal after the other

• 名を馳せるなをはせる

  to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself

• 名前を馳せるなまえをはせる

  to win fame; to make a name for oneself

• 大ご馳走おおごちそう

  large feast; big meal

• 思いを馳せるおもいをはせる

  to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

• 背馳はいち

  inconsistency; contradiction; disobedience

• 馳せ参じるはせさんじる

  to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

• 馳駆ちく

  galloping around on a horse

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