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

  少し急ぐ

  to be in a bit of a hurry

  なぜ急ぐ

  Why the rush?

• 〜に急ぐ

  病院に急ぐ

  to hurry to the hospital

  店に急ぐ

  to hurry to the store

• 〜を急ぐ

  道を急ぐ

  to hurry on one's way

  近代化を急ぐ

  to rush to modernize

  先を急ぐ

  to hurry

Context Sentences

ごめん、ちょっと急ぐから先に行くね！

Sorry, I'm in a bit of a hurry, I'll go first!

もっと急いでよ！急げばまだ間に合うはずだよ。

Hurry up! If we hurry, we can still make it.

ビエトが運ばれたと聞いて、コウイチは病院へ急ぎました。

Koichi rushed to the hospital when he heard that Viet had been brought in.

Kanji Composition

1. 急

   きゅう Hurry