疾走|しっそうshissou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsprint; dash; scampering
    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.
Conjugation
Dictionary form疾走する(しっそうする)
Polite (masu)疾走します(しっそうします)
Negative (nai)疾走しない(しっそうしない)
polite (masen)疾走しません(しっそうしません)
classical zu / nu疾走せず・疾走せぬ(しっそうせず・しっそうせぬ)
Past (ta)疾走した(しっそうした)
polite (mashita)疾走しました(しっそうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)疾走しなかった(しっそうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)疾走しませんでした(しっそうしませんでした)
Te form疾走して(しっそうして)
Potential疾走できる(しっそうできる)
Passive疾走される(しっそうされる)
Causative疾走させる(しっそうさせる)
Causative passive疾走させられる(しっそうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)疾走すれば(しっそうすれば)
tara疾走したら(しっそうしたら)
Volitional疾走しよう(しっそうしよう)
polite (mashou)疾走しましょう(しっそうしましょう)
Imperative疾走しろ(しっそうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym疾駆しっくWrittenWritten/formal word for galloping on horseback or driving fast; 「疾走」 typically describes people or vehicles running at high speed.
  • SynonymダッシュNeutralColloquial loanword for a full-speed dash; 「疾走」 is more written in flavour and carries a literary feel.
  • SynonymスプリントNeutralSports loanword for a short-distance race or final sprint; it fills a different niche from 「疾走」, which is fast running in general.
  • Synonym突っ走るつっぱしるNeutralColloquial: tearing along at full tilt in one burst; also figurative, pressing recklessly ahead toward a goal.
  • Related突撃とつげきNeutralCharging at an enemy or target to attack, as in 「突撃隊」 or 「突撃取材」; the point is rushing in to strike, not the speed itself.
  • Related突進とっしんNeutralRushing headlong at something, as in 「敵陣に突進」; the focus is on charging toward a place or object rather than sheer speed.
  • Related驀進ばくしんWrittenWritten/formal: plunging ahead single-mindedly, as in 「目標へ驀進する」; the stress is on unstoppable momentum, not the running itself.
  • Antonym徐行じょこうNeutralGoing slowly, as on the road sign 「徐行」; the direct opposite of 「疾走」's high-speed running.
  • Antonym低速ていそくNeutralLow speed, as in 「低速運転」; the opposite pole to the high-speed running that 「疾走」 describes.

To say someone runs at full power, use 「全力で走る」 or 「ダッシュ」. In written or literary prose, 「疾走」 describes something speeding along, as in 「疾走する車」. For a charge into the attack, say 「突撃」; for going slowly, 「徐行」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 疾とく走はしること。
  2. 疾はやく走はしる。
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