急ぐ To Hurry

Meaning

Primary

To Hurry

Word Type

intransitive verb, transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means hurry so the verb vocab version is to hurry.

Reading

いそぐ

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Someone who is trying to hurry is someone who is not at ease (いそ).

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 〜急ぐ

  とにかく急ぐ

  to be in a hurry in any case

  なぜ急ぐ

  Why the rush?

  少し急ぐ

  to be in a bit of a hurry

• 〜を急ぐ

  先を急ぐ

  to hurry

  近代化を急ぐ

  to rush to modernize

  道を急ぐ

  to hurry on one's way

• 〜に急ぐ

  店に急ぐ

  to hurry to the store

  病院に急ぐ

  to hurry to the hospital

Context Sentences

コウイチは急いでビエトに書きおきを残した後、トイレに一時間こもった。

Koichi left a note for Viet in a hurry and stayed in the toilet for an hour.

ビエトがか労でたおれたと聞いて、コウイチは病院へ急ぎました。

Koichi heard that Viet broke down from working too much, so he hurried to the hospital.

「もう！急いでよ！遅れちゃうわ。」「今起きたから、すぐ行くわ。」

"Hey, hurry up! We’ll be late." "I just woke up, I’m coming."

Kanji Composition

1. 急

   きゅう Hurry