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：2026/01/04
おう
Kanji
追う / 負う / 生う
Verb
Japanese Meaning
追いかける、後を追う / 責任や負担を身に受ける、背負う / 草木などが生える、生じる
Easy Japanese Meaning
あとをおいかける。けがをする、せきにんをもつ、くさがはえる。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
追逐 / 承担或背负 / 生长或萌发
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
追趕；追逐 / 承擔；蒙受 / 生長；萌發
Korean Meaning
쫓다 / 책임을 지다 / 자라다
Vietnamese Meaning
đuổi theo, truy đuổi / gánh chịu, mang / mọc, sinh sôi
Tagalog Meaning
tugisin / pasanin / tumubo
Sense（1）
追う: to chase
Sense（2）
負う: to incur or bear
Sense（3）
生う: to grow or spring up
（ romanization ）
（ stem ）
（ past ）
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追う: to chase / 負う: to incur or bear / 生う: to grow or spring up
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おう
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He started running to chase the criminal.
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彼は犯人をおうために走り出した。
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