追おっ手て

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Meanings

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

Refers to a person or group actively chasing or searching for someone, often in a dramatic or historical context. The English gloss 'posse' suggests a group, but the Japanese word can be singular or plural.

追おっ手てから逃のがれるために、彼かれは山やま道みちを選えらんだ。
To escape his pursuers, he chose the mountain path.
時じ代だい劇げきでは、追おっ手てが馬うまに乗のって悪わる者ものを追おいかける場ば面めんがよくある。
In period dramas, there are often scenes where a posse on horseback chases the villain.

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Usage patterns

追おっ手てがかかるto have pursuers set upon one (to be chased)
逃とう亡ぼう者しゃにはすぐに追おっ手てがかかった。
Pursuers were quickly sent after the fugitive.
〈人ひと〉を追おっ手てとして送おくるto send someone as a pursuer
殿とのは家か臣しんを追おっ手てとして送おくった。
The lord sent his retainers as pursuers.
追おっ手てから逃にげるto flee from one's pursuers
彼かれは追おっ手てから逃にげるために山やまに入はいった。
He went into the mountains to escape his pursuers.
追おっ手てに捕つかまるto be caught by one's pursuers
とうとう追おっ手てに捕つかまってしまった。
In the end he was caught by his pursuers.