脱走|だっそうdassou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbescape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 脱走する（だっそうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 脱走します（だっそうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 脱走しない（だっそうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 脱走しません（だっそうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 脱走せず・脱走せぬ（だっそうせず・だっそうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 脱走した（だっそうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 脱走しました（だっそうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 脱走しなかった（だっそうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 脱走しませんでした（だっそうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 脱走して（だっそうして） |
| Potential | 脱走できる（だっそうできる） |
| Passive | 脱走される（だっそうされる） |
| Causative | 脱走させる（だっそうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 脱走させられる（だっそうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 脱走すれば（だっそうすれば） |
| tara | 脱走したら（だっそうしたら） |
| Volitional | 脱走しよう（だっそうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 脱走しましょう（だっそうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 脱走しろ（だっそうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym逃げるにげるNeutralA verb for running away or dodging, with the widest range of uses; 「脱走」 is specifically getting out of somewhere one is held or bound, from a prison to an army unit.
- Synonym脱出だっしゅつNeutralEscaping from a dangerous place or situation, as in 「火事から脱出」; the focus is on getting to safety, and the place need not be one of confinement.
- Synonym逃走とうそうNeutralFleeing, as in 「犯人が逃走」; it highlights the act of running off and does not by itself imply breaking out of confinement.
- Synonym逃亡とうぼうNeutralFleeing and then hiding one's whereabouts, as in 「海外へ逃亡」; the stress is on staying hidden afterwards, for however long.
- Synonym逃れるのがれるNeutralTo get free of danger or an unwelcome situation, as in 「責任を逃れる」; the point is shaking off the predicament, not breaking out.
- Synonym逃げ出すにげだすNeutralTo bolt or start running away; common in speech, with the image of suddenly taking to one's heels.
- Synonym抜け出すぬけだすNeutralTo slip out or sneak away; it also covers working free of a difficult patch or moving into the lead. The core image is slipping free.
- SynonymエスケープCasualA loanword for getting out or away; it also covers skipping class and the Esc key on a computer. Colloquial.
- Related抜け出るぬけでるNeutralSlipping out quietly and unobtrusively; it can also mean standing out above others. The emphasis is on leaving secretly.
- Related抜けるぬけるNeutralA highly polysemous verb: things fall out or come loose, one passes through, or one quits a group; escaping is only one sense.
- Related逃げにげNeutralThe noun form of 逃げる; as in 「逃げの姿勢」, it often points to an evasive attitude rather than a physical breakout.
- Related逃避とうひNeutralAvoiding difficulties or reality, as in 「現実逃避」; the stress is on shrinking from what one should deal with, often mentally, rather than breaking out of confinement.
- Related免れるまぬがれるNeutralTo be spared something bad, as in 「責任を免れる」; it is about avoiding harm or duty, not leaving a place.
- Related退散たいさんNeutralA group scattering and withdrawing; also said in 「悪霊退散」 to banish evil spirits. The image is a crowd dispersing.
- RelatedトンズラCasualSlang for making off in a hurry, often dodging debts or trouble; colloquial and faintly comic.
- Related逸走いっそうWrittenA written-style word for running away; in railway use it means a train straying onto a track it should not enter. Formal and uncommon.
- Related出奔しゅっぽんNeutralLeaving one's home or post and vanishing without a trace; historically, a samurai abandoning his domain. Stresses absconding.
- Related遁走とんそうWrittenA written-style word for fleeing; in music it also denotes a fugue. Formal.
- Related逸出いっしゅつWrittenA written-style word for getting out of an enclosed space; it can also mean excelling others. Formal and rare.
- Related雲隠れくもがくれNeutralVanishing from sight or going into hiding; the point is being unseen, with no sense of breaking out of custody.
- Related逐電ちくでんWrittenAn old written-style word for dashing off and vanishing without a trace; dated literary vocabulary.
- Related逃げ失せるにげうせるWrittenA written-style verb for fleeing the scene and disappearing; formal and not often used.
- Related逃げ走るにげはしるNeutralTo flee at a run; the focus is on the running itself, with no suggestion of escaping confinement.
- Related逃散ちょうさんWrittenA historical term for farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to escape heavy taxes; not for everyday escapes.
- Related逃げ去るにげさるNeutralTo flee away and be gone from the scene; the emphasis is on the departure and disappearance.
- Antonym収監しゅうかんNeutralAntonym: committing someone to prison. The direct opposite of 「脱走」, which is breaking out of custody.
- Antonym留置りゅうちNeutralAntonym: holding a suspect in a police detention cell; the state of being kept in, against which 「脱走」 is the escape.
- Antonym留め置きとめおきNeutralAntonym: keeping or holding something in custody; also used for mail held at the post office. The opposite of breaking free.
Use 「脱走」 for getting out of somewhere one is held or bound, such as a prison, a camp or the army, as in 「刑務所から脱走」 or 「脱走兵」. For running away in general say 「逃げる」; for getting out of danger, 「脱出」; for fleeing and hiding, 「逃亡」; for a suspect fleeing, 「逃走」. 「収監」 and 「留置」 are the opposites: being locked up.
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