追い払う (oiharau) Japanese meaning: drive away | KotomoraJLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000追い払う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 追い払う | 追い払わない |
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| Polite | 追い払います | 追い払いません |
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| Past polite | 追い払いました | 追い払いませんでした |
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| Past | 追い払った | 追い払わなかった |
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| Te-form | 追い払って | 追い払わないで |
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| Desire | 追い払いたい | 追い払いたくない |
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| Potential | 追い払える | 追い払えない |
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| Passive | 追い払われる | 追い払われない |
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| Causative | 追い払わせる | 追い払わせない |
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| Causative passive | 追い払わせられるalso 追い払わされる | 追い払わせられないalso 追い払わされない |
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| Volitional | 追い払おう | |
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| Polite volitional | 追い払いましょう | |
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| Imperative | 追い払え | 追い払うな |
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| Conditional | 追い払えば | 追い払わなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 追い払ったら | 追い払わなかったら |
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The dog chased the burglar away.
She tried to dispel her anxiety.
Usage patterns
〈人〉を追い払うto drive a person away
The security guard drove off the suspicious person.
〈物〉を追い払うto chase off an animal or pest
I waved my hand to shoo the flies away.
手で追い払うto wave something away with one's hand
He swatted the mosquito away with his hand.
〈事〉を追い払うto dispel a negative feeling or thought
I listened to music to dispel my anxiety.
N1
追い払う means to physically chase or drive someone away, while 退ける can describe the same act more formally or extend to abstract rejection.
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