後あと追おい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

trailing; chasing after; following behind

Physically following someone or something from behind; often used for vehicles, animals, or people moving after another.

• パトカーが不ふ審しんな車くるまを後あと追おいした。

  The police car trailed the suspicious vehicle.

• 子こ犬いぬが母はは犬いぬを後あと追おいして歩あるいている。

  The puppy is walking along, chasing after its mother.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

imitation; copying; following someone's example

Abstractly following or imitating someone's actions, style, or decisions; often used in business, trends, or personal behavior.

• 他た社しゃの成せい功こう例れいを後あと追おいするだけでは、革かく新しんは生うまれない。

  Merely copying other companies' success stories won't bring about innovation.

• 兄あにのキャリアを後あと追おいして、彼かれも医い者しゃになった。

  Following his older brother's career path, he also became a doctor.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

clinginess (in babies, toddlers)

Describes a young child's behavior of constantly following a parent or caregiver, often due to separation anxiety.

• 1歳さいの娘むすめの後あと追おいが激はげしくて、トイレにも行いけない。

  My one-year-old daughter's clinginess is so intense that I can't even go to the bathroom.

• 後あと追おい期きの赤あかちゃんは、母はは親おやが見みえなくなると泣なき出だす。

  Babies in the clingy phase start crying when they can't see their mother.