駆る (かる) — to drive, to spur on, to impel
駆る
to drive
Frequency #6400
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
godan verb (-ru) · transitive
Part of speech (JMdict: v5r, vt)
karu
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
かる[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to drive
- to spur on
- to impel