N21437/1725

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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Meanings

  • to crawl, to creep, to go on all fours
  • to slither, to wriggle
  • to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.), to spread, to creep

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Example sentences

あかちゃんがゆかって部屋へやすみまで移動いどうした。

The baby crawled across the floor all the way to the corner of the room.

へびくさうえ這うはうようにすすんでいた。

The snake was slithering its way through the grass.

つたふるかべ一面いちめん這い広はいひろがっている。

Ivy is spreading across the entire surface of the old wall.

かれ暗闇くらやみなかおとてないようにゆか這いはいながらげた。

He escaped by crawling along the floor in the darkness so as not to make a sound.

負傷ふしょうした兵士へいし地面じめん這わはわなければ前進ぜんしんできなかった。

The wounded soldier could not advance without crawling along the ground.