How to say "dash" in Japanese

• ダッシュCommon
  noun, suru verbThe everyday word for a dash, meaning a quick burst of running, typically over a short distance. Use it for sports or any sudden run.
• 突撃とつげきCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers the sense of dashing as an assault or charge, especially in military contexts or figuratively charging at a task. Not the word for simply running fast.
• 駆けるかけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbA verb meaning to run, dash, or race, describing moving quickly on foot. Natural for scenes of someone running through or across a place.
  ぱたぱたと足跡あしあとを立たてて、エントランスへと駆かけてゆく。↗

  With a pitter-patter of footsteps she runs off to the entrance.
• 突進とっしんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA dash or rush forward, often of a person or animal charging headlong toward something. It implies violent, headstrong forward movement rather than plain speed.
  彼かれらは母親ははおやめがけて突進とっしんした。↗

  They rushed towards their mother.
• 疾走しっそうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbSprint or dash in the sense of running at top speed, with a literary or sportswriting flavor. Seldom the word for an everyday quick run; choose ダッシュ instead.
  １台だいのトラックが道路どうろを疾走しっそうしていた。↗

  A truck was careering along the road.

Use 「ダッシュ」 for running fast in general; 突撃 and 突進 for charging at something; 「駆ける」 as a verb for running or dashing; and 疾走 for high-speed sprinting.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ダッシュdash
• 突撃とつげきcharge
• 駆けるかけるto run
• 突進とっしんrush
• 疾走しっそうsprint
• 突っ走るつっぱしるto run swiftly
• 競走きょうそうrace
• 躍進やくしんmaking rapid progress
• ツーdash (in Morse code)
• ぶっかけるto dash (water, etc.; on someone or something)
• ダッシュボードdashboard
• 驀進ばくしんdash
• ダーシdash
• 長点ちょうてんdash (in Morse code)
• 浴びせかけるあびせかけるto throw (liquid) at
• 短距離競走たんきょりきょうそうshort-distance race
• 叩きつけるたたきつけるto throw violently against
• 走るはしるto rush (to)
• 棒ぼうline
• 翔るかけるto run
• 出足であしinitial charge