走はしらす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

dispatch; send; make run

Used for sending a person somewhere, often with a sense of urgency or purpose. Similar to 走らせる, but 走らす is a slightly more colloquial or older form.

See also: 走らせる

• 急きゅうな用よう事じで部ぶ下かを銀ぎん行こうへ走はしらす。

  I dispatch a subordinate to the bank on an urgent errand.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

make go fast; drive; ride; sail

Used for making a vehicle, horse, or vessel move quickly. Covers driving a car, riding a horse fast, or sailing a ship.

• 彼かれは新しん車しゃを高こう速そく道どう路ろで走はしらすのが好すきだ。

  He likes driving his new car fast on the highway.

• 船せん長ちょうは船ふねを沖おきへ走はしらした。

  The captain sailed the ship out to sea.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

move quickly; run over

Used for moving a pen, eyes, or similar quickly over something. Common in phrases like ペンを走らす (to write quickly) or 目を走らす (to scan with one's eyes).

• 作さっ家かは一いっ気きにペンを走はしらした。

  The writer dashed off the text with his pen.

• 彼かれは書しょ類るいにざっと目めを走はしらした。

  He ran his eyes over the document quickly.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

rout; put to flight

Military or dramatic use: to cause the enemy to flee in disorder. Somewhat literary or old-fashioned.

• 騎き兵へい隊たいが敵てきを総そう崩くずれに走はしらした。

  The cavalry routed the enemy completely.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

run (a computer program)

Modern technical use: to execute or run a program. Often replaced by 実行する in formal contexts, but 走らす is used colloquially among engineers.

• テスト用ようのスクリプトをサーバーで走はしらす。

  I run the test script on the server.