急いそぐ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

急ぐ · godan verb (-gu)

Meanings

godan verb (-gu), intransitive verb, transitive verb

Used for moving or acting quickly, or for wanting something to happen sooner. Can be intransitive (自分が急ぐ) or transitive (仕事を急ぐ).

〈場ば所しょ〉へ急いそぐto hurry to a place
電でん車しゃに乗のるために駅えきへ急いそいだ。
I hurried to the station to catch the train.
〈事こと〉を急いそぐto rush or hasten a matter
彼かれは結けつ論ろんを急いそぎすぎた。
He rushed to a conclusion too quickly.
急いそいで〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a hurry
急いそいで支し度たくをした。
I got ready in a hurry.
返へん事じを急いそぐto press for a quick reply
上じょう司しは返へん事じを急いそいでいる。
My boss is pushing for a quick reply.

急ぐ is used both intransitively, as in 駅へ急ぐ (to hurry to the station), and transitively, as in 仕事を急ぐ (to rush the work).

焦あせるN2
焦る implies impatience or feeling pressured, often with a negative nuance, while 急ぐ is more neutral about simply acting quickly.
慌あわてるN3
慌てる emphasizes fluster or panic, while 急ぐ focuses on speed or urgency without necessarily implying confusion.
駆かけつける
急ぐ means to hurry or move quickly in general, while 駆けつける specifically means to rush to a particular place, often in response to an emergency.
馳はせる
急ぐ is the common verb for 'hurry' in any context, whereas 馳せる specifically evokes physically rushing toward a destination and has a literary flavor.

急せく
急く (せく) shares the kanji with 急ぐ (いそぐ) but is a different verb meaning 'to feel impatient/rushed', used only intransitively, while 急ぐ can be both transitive and intransitive.
急せかすN1
急ぐ means to hurry oneself (intransitive/self-directed), whereas 急かす means to hurry someone else (transitive), so learners often mix up which party is doing the rushing.
急いそぎ
急ぐ is the verb 'to hurry', while 急ぎ is its noun form meaning 'haste' or 'urgency'.

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急いそぐUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
いそぐUsage10%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.

The kanji 急 means 'urgent' or 'sudden'. The verb 急ぐ is a native Japanese word (和語) with the reading いそぐ; its historical derivation is uncertain.