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率いる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	率ひきいる	率ひきいない
Polite	率ひきいます	率ひきいません
Past polite	率ひきいました	率ひきいませんでした
Past	率ひきいた	率ひきいなかった
Te-form	率ひきいて	率ひきいないで
Desire	率ひきいたい	率ひきいたくない
Potential	率ひきいられるalso 率ひきいれる	率ひきいられないalso 率ひきいれない
Passive	率ひきいられる	率ひきいられない
Causative	率ひきいさせる	率ひきいさせない
Causative passive	率ひきいさせられる	率ひきいさせられない
Volitional	率ひきいよう
Polite volitional	率ひきいましょう
Imperative	率ひきいろ	率ひきいるな
Conditional	率ひきいれば	率ひきいなければ
Tara conditional	率ひきいたら	率ひきいなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

lead; spearhead; command

Used for leading a group, team, or military unit; implies being at the front and directing others.

彼かれはチームを率ひきいて優ゆう勝しょうした。
He led the team to victory.
将しょう軍ぐんが軍ぐんを率ひきいて進しん軍ぐんした。
The general commanded the army and advanced.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を率ひきいるto lead a group of people (a team, organization, army, etc.)
彼かれはチームを率ひきいて全ぜん国こく大たい会かいで優ゆう勝しょうした。
He led his team to victory at the national tournament.
〈人ひと〉を率ひきいて〈動どう詞し〉to lead a group of people in doing something
監かん督とくは選せん手しゅたちを率ひきいて試し合あいに臨のぞんだ。
The coach led his players into the match.

Kanji

率ratio, rate, proportion

Related words· 6

指し揮きN1
指揮する is more formal and typically refers to conducting an orchestra or commanding military operations, while 率いる is a broader term for leading any group.
導みちびくN1
導く emphasizes guiding or showing the way, often in an abstract or supportive sense, whereas 率いる stresses being at the head of a group and directing it.
統とう率そつN1
統率する is a formal, often military or organizational term for exercising overall command, while 率いる is more general-purpose and can describe everyday group leadership too.
引いん率そつ
引率する specifically means to lead a group (e.g. students on a trip) as a chaperone, while 率いる is used more broadly for any kind of leadership, including command.

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擁ようする
率いる is the common verb for leading a group, while 擁する stresses having people under one's command or backing, often in formal contexts.
従したがえるN1
率いる emphasizes leading or commanding a group, whereas 従える focuses on having followers accompany or obey oneself.

Opposites

従したがうN3
従う means to follow or obey someone, the opposite role from 率いる, which means to lead or command others.

Don't confuse with

用もちいるN3
率いる (ひきいる) means to lead a group of people, while 用いる (もちいる) means to use or employ a thing or method; the two are often mixed up due to their similar -いる ending.

Written forms

率ひきいるUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
ひきいるUsage15%
Kana spelling is acceptable but less common than the kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'to pull') + 率る (iru, old verb meaning 'to lead'). The kanji 率 is used for its meaning 'to lead, command'.