追い立てる・追いたてる・追立てる|おいたてるoitateru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
追い立てる追い立てる is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it when writing this verb.
追いたてる追いたてる is a less common written variant of 追い立てる. Learners will generally be better served by using 追い立てる instead.
追立てる追立てる is the least common of the three written forms. Recognize it as a variant, but beginners should use 追い立てる instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to shoo away
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto press a tenant to leave; to evict
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 追い立てる（おいたてる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 追い立てます（おいたてます） |
| Negative (nai) | 追い立てない（おいたてない） |
| polite (masen) | 追い立てません（おいたてません） |
| classical zu / nu | 追い立てず・追い立てぬ（おいたてず・おいたてぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 追い立てた（おいたてた） |
| polite (mashita) | 追い立てました（おいたてました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 追い立てなかった（おいたてなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 追い立てませんでした（おいたてませんでした） |
| Te form | 追い立てて（おいたてて） |
| Potential | 追い立てられる（おいたてられる） |
| Passive | 追い立てられる（おいたてられる） |
| Causative | 追い立てさせる（おいたてさせる） |
| Causative passive | 追い立てさせられる（おいたてさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 追い立てれば（おいたてれば） |
| tara | 追い立てたら（おいたてたら） |
| Volitional | 追い立てよう（おいたてよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 追い立てましょう（おいたてましょう） |
| Imperative | 追い立てろ（おいたてろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym追い出すおいだすNeutralCommon everyday word for driving someone out of a room or out of a group.
- Synonym急き立てるせきたてるNeutralUrges someone to hurry and act faster; unlike 「追い立てる」, it carries no sense of driving them away.
- Related追い払うおいはらうNeutralCommon everyday word for driving off or shooing away a bothersome person or animal; about making them leave, not urging them on.
- Related一掃いっそうWrittenWritten/formal prose; a clean sweep that eradicates something completely, not driving it along.
- Related駆逐くちくFormalFormal; expels enemies or invasive species.
- Related放逐ほうちくFormalFormal; banishes a person from a group or society, with a punitive nuance.
- Related追いやるおいやるWrittenWritten/formal prose; drives someone somewhere or forces them into a plight, as in 「辞職に追いやる」.
- Related追っ払うおっぱらうCasualColloquial variant of 「追い払う」 for chasing something away; rough in tone.
- Related放り出すほうりだすNeutralCan mean throwing a person out roughly (「客を放り出す」), or tossing things aside and abandoning them; 「追い立てる」 stresses driving from behind.
- Related打ち払ううちはらうWrittenWritten/formal prose; brushes dust off or repels an enemy by striking.
- Related撃ち払ううちはらうFormalFormal and rare; drives off enemies or intruders with gunfire.
- Related追い散らすおいちらすNeutralScatters a crowd of people or animals in all directions; tends to be a one-time dispersal.
- Related燻り出すいぶりだすNeutralSmokes hidden insects or animals out of their nests or hiding places.
- RelatedおんだすCasualRare colloquial word for forcibly driving someone out; rough in tone.
- Antonym引き止めるひきとめるNeutralAntonym: holds someone back or keeps them from leaving, the opposite of driving them off.
- Antonym招き入れるまねきいれるNeutralAntonym: invites or shows someone in, the opposite of driving them out.
Use 「追い立てる」 for driving livestock on, pressing a tenant to leave, or being driven hard by work, as in 「仕事に追い立てられる」. To drive something away, use 「追い払う」; to drive it out, 「追い出す」. 「急き立てる」 only hurries someone on, 「一掃」 wipes things out completely, and the formal 「駆逐」 and 「放逐」 suit enemies and banishment.
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