追い付く
N3おいつく oitsuku
- to overtake
- to catch up (with)
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
赶上;追上
Examples
- トムに追いつくために走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。
- 彼は車を加速し、私に追いついた。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"
}
}