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あとを追う

あとをおう

Readings

あとをおう

Meanings

  1. 1.
    exp, v5uto follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after
  2. 2.
    exp, v5uto die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
  3. 3.
    exp, v5uto follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

Kanji breakdown

追
N49 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

彼らはその車が残していった跡を追った。

They followed the tracks the car had left.

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あとを追うあとをおう

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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