How to say "running" in Japanese

• 走行そうこうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbRunning only in the sense of a car, bus or similar vehicle traveling — never a person running. Typical context: describing a vehicle's motion, such as a bus traveling its route.
  走行中そうこうちゅうの箱ばこ乗のりはご遠慮えんりょ下ください！↗

  Please don't lean out of the window when we're moving.
• 走りはしりCommon
  nounThe act of running itself: a person or animal running, as in a race or for exercise. This is the word for a person's running, not for the running of vehicles or machines.
  走はしりさえすれば、どんな車くるまでもよいのです。↗

  Any car will do, as long as it runs.
• 運転うんてんJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbRunning in the sense of operating: a machine or engine working, or a vehicle being driven. Typical context: operating machinery or driving a car.
  現在げんざい５０台だいの機械きかいが運転中うんてんちゅうです。↗

  Fifty of the machines are running at the present time.
• 掲載けいさいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRunning only in the publishing sense: an article, story or serial running in a newspaper or magazine. Typical context: a paper running a piece; nothing to do with physical running.
  それは昨日きのうの産経新聞さんけいしんぶんに掲載けいさいされた。↗

  It came out in yesterday's Sankei.
• 稼働かどうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRunning of a machine in the sense of its being in operation: equipment running rather than a person operating it. Think of machines kept running; close in meaning to 運転.
  工場こうじょうはフル稼動かどうしている。↗

  The factory is running at full capacity.

There is no single Japanese 'running': use 「走り」 for people running, 走行 for vehicles traveling, 運転 or 稼働 for machines operating, and 掲載 for a story running in print.

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

• 走行そうこうrunning (of a car, bus, etc.)
• 走りはしりrunning
• 運転うんてんoperation (of a machine)
• 掲載けいさいpublication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper)
• 稼働かどうoperation (of a machine)
• ランニングrunning
• 出馬しゅつばrunning (for election)
• 運行うんこうoperation (of a bus or train service)
• 作動さどうoperation
• 登載とうさいrunning (an article)
• 縦走じゅうそうstretching out (in a longitudinal direction)
• 切り盛りきりもりmanagement (of a house, store, etc.)
• 経営けいえいmanagement
• 実動じつどうoperating (e.g. of trains, cars)
• 稼働中かどうちゅうworking
• 切り回しきりまわしmanagement
• にじみblur
• 通りとおりflow (of water, air, etc.)
• 動作どうさoperation (of a machine, software, etc.)