Usage patterns 逃に げの 姿し 勢せい を 見み せる to show an evasive attitude (about facing something)
When he was asked about his responsibility, he took an evasive stance.
逃に げに 回まわ る to turn to evasive tactics; to go on the defensive
When the questions got tough, he resorted to evasion.
〈 相あい 手て 〉 に 逃に げを 許ゆる す to let an opponent make a breakaway/get away
My finishing kick came too late, and I let my opponent break away.
Expressions 逃に げを 打う つ run away; shirk responsibilities; make a getaway 三十六計逃さんじゅうろっけいに げるに 如し かず the best strategy is to run away; he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day Related words 逃走 is a formal, often legal or journalistic word for physically fleeing (e.g. a suspect's flight), while 逃げ is the everyday noun for escaping or evading, physical or figurative.
逃亡 is a formal word for absconding or fleeing, often from justice or duty, whereas 逃げ is the plain, everyday term covering any kind of running away or evasion.
回避 means to avoid or avert something without necessarily fleeing physically, while 逃げ specifically carries the sense of running away or shirking.
Don't confuse with 逃げ is the plain noun form of 逃げる meaning simply 'flight/fleeing', while 逃れ often implies successfully getting free from a duty or danger and is common in compounds like 責任逃れ .
In horse racing, 逃げ means leading from the very front, while 先行 means staying near the front without necessarily leading outright.
Word family· 43 run away; flee; escape; get away · avoid; evade; dodge; shirk · hold off competitors; keep the lead and win · escape (gas, heat, etc.); leak out; be lost (flavor, scent) · fail to hold an ideal posture
run away; flee; escape · start to run away; begin to flee
refuge; escape; way out; shelter; hiding place
escape route; way out; means of escape
hit-and-run (causing injury)
Show 22 more Show fewer making off with; absconding with · stolen; absconded with
running off in the night; skipping town overnight; moonlight flit
escape successfully; get away; outrun · hold on to win; win narrowly
take refuge in; run into for safety; escape into
run around trying to escape; flee from place to place
run about frantically trying to escape; scatter in panic
running away; escaping on foot; quickness in fleeing
hit-and-run causing property damage
dine and dash; leaving without paying
preparing to flee; ready to run away
flee back home; scurry home; run back home
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
hiding a dealt card to cheat in hanafuda
run away!; escape!; flee!
way of escape; escape route
getting away with it; profiting by escaping
road mirage; water mirage
clearance groove; undercut
front runner; front-running horse
ding-dong ditch; knock-and-run prank
stealing a ride; fare evasion
running away from a debt; skipping out on a loan
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Etymology Derived from the stem of the verb 逃げる , 'to flee, escape.' The kanji 逃 is conventionally associated with fleeing or escape.
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