急かす|せかすsekasu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
    急せかしたくはないけど、次つぎのバスに乗のろう。↗
    I don't want to rush you, but let's try to catch the next bus.
Conjugation
Dictionary form急かす(せかす)
Polite (masu)急かします(せかします)
Negative (nai)急かさない(せかさない)
polite (masen)急かしません(せかしません)
classical zu / nu急かさず・急かさぬ(せかさず・せかさぬ)
Past (ta)急かした(せかした)
polite (mashita)急かしました(せかしました)
Past negative (nakatta)急かさなかった(せかさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)急かしませんでした(せかしませんでした)
Te form急かして(せかして)
Potential急かせる(せかせる)
Passive急かされる(せかされる)
Causative急かさせる(せかさせる)
Causative passive急かさせられる(せかさせられる)
Conditional (ba)急かせば(せかせば)
tara急かしたら(せかしたら)
Volitional急かそう(せかそう)
polite (mashou)急かしましょう(せかしましょう)
Imperative急かせ(せかせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive急かすせかす⇄intransitive急くせく
気きが急せく
気きを急せかす
The intransitive 急く focuses on the event or resulting state, as in 気が急く; the transitive 急かす foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 気を急かす.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym急かせるせかせるNeutralSynonymous with the headword, as in 「子供をせかせる」, but used less often.
  • Synonym急がせるいそがせるNeutralNeutral: to make someone hurry, as in 「仕事を急がせる」; the focus is on demanding that things move faster.
  • Related急き立てるせきたてるNeutralTo press and urge someone repeatedly, as in 「出発をせき立てる」; a more insistent, urgent tone than 「急かす」.
  • Related急くせくNeutralMostly describes being in a hurry oneself, as in 「気が急く」; it also has a transitive use of urging others, so it overlaps with 「急かす」.
  • Antonym待つまつNeutralTo wait, as in 「返事を待つ」; the opposite of hurrying someone along with 「急かす」.

To urge someone to hurry, say 「急かす」 (「急かさないで」「子供を急かす」); it is colloquial. For a neutral demand to speed up use 「急がせる」, and for pressing someone repeatedly 「せき立てる」. The opposite is 「待つ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 急いそがせる、急せかせる。
Kanji in this word
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