How to say "escape" in Japanese

• 脱出だっしゅつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbGetting out of or away from a place or predicament, such as a building, a ship, or a fire. The nuance is on the act of getting out itself.
  爺じいちゃんはやっとのことで脱出だっしゅつした。↗

  The old man escaped, but with difficulty.
• 漏れるもれるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbFor things that leak or escape rather than for people: water or gas leaking out, light coming through, information getting out. It is not the word for a person's flight.
  ガスがパイプから漏もれているようです。↗

  Gas seems to be escaping from the pipe.
• 逃れるのがれるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbTo escape danger, pursuit, punishment, or responsibility by getting away from it or avoiding it. The emphasis falls on evading the threat rather than on leaving a physical place.
  人間にんげんは死しをのがれられない。↗

  Man is unable to escape death.
• 逃亡とうぼうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbEscape as flight: running away, as of a fugitive from the law, and elopement. A noun for the act of fleeing.
  その少年しょうねんたちは逃亡とうぼうを試こころみたが失敗しっぱいした。↗

  The boy attempted an escape, but failed.
• 脱走だっそうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA breakout: escaping from confinement, such as a prison or camp, or fleeing one's post. A noun for the act of breaking out and getting away.
  動物園どうぶつえんから一いち頭とうのトラが脱走だっそうした。↗

  A tiger has escaped from the zoo.

Choose 脱出 for getting out of a place or situation, 「逃れる」 for evading danger or responsibility, 逃亡 for fugitive flight, 脱走 for breakouts, and 「漏れる」 for gas, water, light, or information escaping.

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• 脱出だっしゅつescape
• 漏れるもれるto leak out
• 逃れるのがれるto escape
• 逃亡とうぼうescape
• 脱走だっそうescape
• 免れるまぬがれるto escape (disaster, death, etc.)
• 逃げにげescape
• 逃避とうひescape
• 逃走とうそうflight
• 逃げ場にげば(place of) refuge
• 逃げるにげるto run away
• 抜けるぬけるto come out
• 避難ひなんtaking refuge
• 逃げ出すにげだすto run away
• エスケープescape
• のっぴきescape
• 逃げ失せるにげうせるto escape
• 逸出いっしゅつescape
• 逸走いっそうescape
• 逃げおおせるにげおおせるto escape
• とんずらfleeing
• ずらかるto run away
• 遁走とんそうflight
• ふけるto run away (e.g. from work)
• 野生化やせいかgoing feral (of a species)
• 逃げ場所にげばしょ(place of) refuge
• こぼれるto escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
• 拡張かくちょうescape
• 漏洩ろうえいleak (of gas, liquid, etc.)
• 目を背けるめをそむけるto escape (from)
• くぐり抜けるくぐりぬけるto struggle through
• 飛ぶとぶto flee