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翔る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	翔かける	翔かけらない
Polite	翔かけります	翔かけりません
Past polite	翔かけりました	翔かけりませんでした
Past	翔かけった	翔かけらなかった
Te-form	翔かけって	翔かけらないで
Desire	翔かけりたい	翔かけりたくない
Potential	翔かけれる	翔かけれない
Passive	翔かけられる	翔かけられない
Causative	翔かけらせる	翔かけらせない
Causative passive	翔かけらせられるalso 翔かけらされる	翔かけらせられないalso 翔かけらされない
Volitional	翔かけろう
Polite volitional	翔かけりましょう
Imperative	翔かけれ	翔かけるな
Conditional	翔かければ	翔かけらなければ
Tara conditional	翔かけったら	翔かけらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

soar; fly high

Only when written 翔る / 翔ける

Describes birds, planes, or metaphorical soaring. Usually written 翔る. The form 翔ける is unorthodox.

鷲わしが大おお空ぞらを翔かける。
An eagle soars through the sky.
彼かれの想そう像ぞう力りょくは自じ由ゆうに翔かける。
His imagination soars freely.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

run; dash

Only when written 駆ける

Describes running or dashing, usually written 駆ける. Godan verb.

子こ供どもたちが公こう園えんを駆かける。
The children run through the park.
彼かれは駅えきまで全ぜん力りょくで駆かけた。
He dashed to the station at full speed.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を翔かけるto soar across/through a place (sky, heavens, etc.)
鷲わしが大おお空ぞらを翔かける。
The eagle soars across the vast sky.
〈場ば所しょ〉を駆かけるto dash/run across a place
少しょう年ねんが野の原はらを駆かけていった。
The boy dashed off across the field.

Kanji

翔soar, fly
駆drive, run, gallop

Related words

飛とぶN4sense 1
飛ぶ is the general verb for 'to fly', while 翔る specifically evokes soaring or gliding high through the sky, often in a literary tone.
走はしるN5sense 2
走る is the everyday word for 'to run', while 翔る (in its 駆ける sense) suggests a more spirited or urgent dash, often in literary contexts.

Don't confuse with

かけるN5
掛ける (to hang, to spend, to multiply, etc.) shares the same reading as 翔る but has an entirely unrelated meaning, so context and kanji are essential to tell them apart.

Word family

天あま翔がける
soar through the heavens; fly high in the sky
飛とび翔かける
fly; soar

Written forms

翔かけるUsage58%
Standard kanji for 'to soar'; high-frequency news kanji form. Godan verb.
翔かけるUsage28%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage. Ichidan-like form, but godan is standard.
かけるUsage14%
駆かける
Standard kanji for 'to run, to dash'. Godan verb.

Etymology

The verb かける has multiple kanji spellings with distinct nuances. 翔る is associated with soaring flight, while 駆ける is associated with running. The historical derivation of the verb itself is uncertain.