Meaning of 持ち逃げ in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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持ち逃げ, 持逃げ, 持逃
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Kana Readingもちにげ
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Romajimochinige
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- making off with (something); absconding
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- Parts of speech
- noun or verb acting prenominally
- Meaning
- stolen; absconded (with)
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Example Sentences
持ち逃げ, 持逃げ, 持逃, もちにげ used in context
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She ran away with the eggs.
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While she was out, the thief got away with her jewels.
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He got away with her watch.
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He absconded with the money.
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How can you believe that she made away with the papers?
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ある戸別訪問のセールスマンがお人好しの老婦人を馬鹿にして大金を持ち逃げした。
A certain door-to-door salesman made a fool of a trusting old lady and went off with a lot of her money.
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Kanji found in this word
escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free
On: トウ
Kun: に.げる, に.がす, のが.す, のが.れる
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