Meaning of 追いやる(おいやる) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 追いやる, 追い遣る

Kana Reading おいやる

Romaji oiyaru

Parts of speech

Godan verb with `ru` ending, transitive verb

Meaning

to drive away; to order off; to chase away
Parts of speech

Meaning

to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

Example Sentences

追いやる, 追い遣る, おいやる used in context

彼(あれ)は失業(しつぎょう)に追いやられた。

He was forced into unemployment.
彼(あれ)は試験(しけん)の失敗(しっぱい)によって絶望(ぜつぼう)に追いやられた。

His failure in the examination drove him to despair.
彼(あれ)、ボスの逆鱗に触れ(げきりんにふれる)、地方(ちほう)支店(してん)に追いやられたよ。

He recently had the bad luck to incur his boss' wrath and got sent out to work in the boondocks.
朝日(あさひ)が霧(きり)をおいやった。

The rising sun dispelled the mist.
ユーゴスラビアは、過去(かこ)３ヶ月(かげつ)にわたって数千(すうせん)人(じん)を殺害(さつがい)し(する)、諸(しょ)都市(とし)を破壊(はかい)し(する)て、１３０万人(じん)を難民(なんみん)へと追いやったボスニアのセルビア人(じん)武装(ぶそう)勢力(せいりょく)の行動(こうどう)は、同国(どうこく)の責任(せきにん)ではない(だ)とし(する)ています。

Yugoslavia says it's not responsible for the actions of Serbian militias in Bosnia which have killed thousands, ruined cities, and turned 1.3 million people into refugees over the last three months.
これ以上(いじょう)の値引き(ねびき)は、私ども(わたくしども)を赤字(あかじ)に追いやる(おいやる)でしょう。

A further reduction would make us go into the red.

Verb Conjugations

Common conjugated forms

Non-Past

Plain

追いやる

Plain Polite

追いやります

Negative

追いやらない

Negative Polite

追いやりません

Past

Plain

追いやった

Plain Polite

追いやりました

Negative

追いやらなかった

Negative Polite

追いやりませんでした

Plain

追いやって

Plain Polite

追いやりまして

Negative

Negative Polite

Passive

Plain

追いやられる

Plain Polite

追いやられます

Negative

追いやられない

Negative Polite

追いやられません

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遣 JLPT 1

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

On: ケン

Kun: つか.う, -つか.い, -づか.い, つか.わす, や.る

13 strokes

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追 JLPT 3

chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile

On: ツイ

Kun: お.う

9 strokes

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