How to say "rush" in Japanese

• 急ぐいそぐJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verbThe verb for hurrying: moving or acting faster because time is short, or hastening something so it happens sooner. For 'rush' in the sense of hurry, this is the word you want.
  ニックはバスに間に合まにあうように急いそいだ。↗

  Nick hurried to catch the bus.
• ラッシュCommon
  nounA noun for a surge of people or activity, as in the morning rush of commuters to work. It names the crowded wave itself, not one person's hurrying.
• 突進とっしんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA physical dash or charge forward: someone or something, such as an animal, rushing headlong toward a place or target. It describes bodily movement through space, not hurrying to save time.
  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.
• 殺到さっとうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA flood or deluge of people or things arriving all at once — crowds swarming to a sale, or inquiries and orders pouring in. It is about overwhelming numbers converging, not one person's haste.
  その本ほんの注文ちゅうもんが殺到さっとうした。↗

  Orders for the book poured in.
• 突撃とつげきCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA forceful charge or assault, as of troops hurling themselves at an enemy; the emphasis is on attacking, not on haste. For everyday hurrying it is not the word you want.

Use 「急ぐ」 for hurrying to be somewhere or finish something; 「ラッシュ」 names a surge of people or activity; 突進 and 突撃 are physical charges (the latter combative); 殺到 is a flood of people or things arriving.

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

• 急ぐいそぐto hurry
• ラッシュrush (of people or activity)
• 突進とっしんrush
• 殺到さっとうrush
• 突撃とつげきcharge
• 駆けつけるかけつけるto run to
• 躍進やくしんmaking rapid progress
• 大急ぎおおいそぎgreat hurry
• 突貫とっかんcharging (at the enemy) with a shout
• 突っ走るつっぱしるto run swiftly
• 急かすせかすto hurry (up)
• 急くせくto hurry
• 突っかかるつっかかるto charge
• 草々そうそうhurry
• 驀進ばくしんdash
• 凸るとつるto charge
• 凸するとつするto charge
• 急がすいそがすto hurry (someone to do)
• 急かせるせかせるto hurry (up)
• 急がせるいそがせるto hurry (someone to do)
• 走るはしるto rush (to)
• 慌てるあわてるto hurry
• 吹っ飛ぶふっとぶto rush
• 揉み立てるもみたてるto press
• 飛ぶとぶto hurry
• チャージcharge