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追おい付つく

N3
おいつく oitsuku
  1. to overtake
  2. to catch up (with)
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

赶上;追上

Examples

  • トムに追おいつくために走はしらなければならなかった。
    I had to run to catch up with Tom.
    为了赶上汤姆,我不得不跑起来。
  • 彼かれは車くるまを加か速そくし、私わたしに追おいついた。
    He accelerated his car and overtook me.
    他加速开车,追上了我。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6d74c09476'); // 追い付く
{
  "id": "6d74c09476",
  "word": "追い付く",
  "reading": "おいつく",
  "romaji": "oitsuku",
  "meanings": [
    "to overtake",
    "to catch up (with)"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5k",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1588810,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "トムに追いつくために走らなければならなかった。",
      "furigana": "トムに{追|お}いつくために{走|はし}らなければならなかった。",
      "en": "I had to run to catch up with Tom.",
      "tatoeba_id": 200162
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は車を加速し、私に追いついた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{車|くるま}を{加速|かそく}し、{私|わたし}に{追|お}いついた。",
      "en": "He accelerated his car and overtook me.",
      "tatoeba_id": 104638
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "d8ed301428d9786b38736e731c44829d8b0a60b24fd8fd922b932451e760c0df",
    "meanings": [
      "赶上",
      "追上"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "トムに追いつくために走らなければならなかった。",
        "zh": "为了赶上汤姆,我不得不跑起来。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は車を加速し、私に追いついた。",
        "zh": "他加速开车,追上了我。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/6d74c09476",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1588810; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3710b25c2a28bf37124fb73f487355db0b84a8b538eedc19ed86b2872c280d6e"
  }
}