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    3. 追い払う

    追い払う

    追おい​払はらう​

    to drive away

    KMT10News #42+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab18 strokes

    追いはらう追払う逐い払う

    おいはらう

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to drive away, to clear, to scatter, to disperse

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    ハエを追おい払はらった。

    I drove away the flies.

    KMT6Daily LifeAnimals
    彼かれはしつこいセールスマンを追おい払はらった。

    He drove away the persistent salesman.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    庭にわに侵しん入にゅうした野の良ら猫ねこを追おい払はらうのに苦く労ろうした。

    I had trouble driving away the stray cat that entered the garden.

    KMT9Daily LifeAnimalsHome & Housing
    心こころの中なかの不ふ安あんを追おい払はらうのは難むずかしい。

    It's difficult to drive away the anxiety in one's heart.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    デモ隊たいは警けい察さつによって強きょう制せい的てきに追おい払はらわれた。

    The demonstrators were forcibly dispersed by the police.

    KMT10Politics & LawDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    追
    お.う…(2)
    chase・drive away・follow・pursue・meanwhile
    Kanji
    払
    はら.う・-はら.い・-ばら.い…(4)
    pay・clear out・prune・banish・dispose of
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
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