運ぶ【はこぶ】
Frequency rank: 1,032.
- to carry; to transport; to move; to convey
- to come; to gohonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageusu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc.see also 足を運ぶ
- to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
- to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress
Godan verb with 'bu' ending; transitive verb
Godan verb with 'bu' ending
Godan verb with 'bu' ending; transitive verb
Godan verb with 'bu' ending; intransitive verb
Forms
- 運ぶ【はこぶ】Frequency rank: 1,032.
- はこぶFrequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to carry; to transport; to move; to convey
- to come; to go
- to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
- to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress
This meaning is used when referring to the action of physically moving items from one place to another.
This meaning is often used in contexts where someone is approaching or departing from a location.
This meaning implies the action of holding and using a tool or instrument effectively.
This meaning is used when describing the progress or success of an action or event.
The work is progressing smoothly.
We plan for the project to proceed on schedule.
Generated collocations (experimental)
はこぶ運ぶきごう(はこぶきごう)to carry; to transport; to move; to conveyにもつ荷物をはこぶ運ぶto carry luggageうんぱん運搬するto transport (goods)はこびや運び屋smuggler (literally "carrier")はこび運びかた方way of carryingおおきな大きなにもつ荷物をはこぶ運ぶto carry a big loadはこぶ運ぶのがたいへん大変だit's hard to carry (something)たくさんのひと人をはこぶ運ぶto transport a lot of peopleあんぜん安全にはこぶ運ぶto carry safelyにもつ荷物をはこぶ運ぶためにin order to carry luggageこうぐ工具をはこぶ運ぶto carry toolsすむうずスムーズにはこぶ運ぶto proceed smoothly
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
224 results
"Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again?" "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."
2. ぷらいやあプライヤーし氏はぱりパリでのこうえん公演のりはあさるリハーサルちゅう中にくもまくかしゅっけつくも膜下出血でたおれ倒れ、しない市内のびょういん病院にはこばれました運ばれましたがごご午後よじ4時にじゅう さんぷん23分いきをひきとりました息を引き取りました。
Mr Pryor collapsed with a subarachnoid haemorrhage when rehearsing for a performance in Paris. He was taken to local hospital but passed away at 4:23 pm.
It was I who found her. She'd lost consciousness so I carried her to the infirmary.
4. さいしん最新のほうこくしょ報告書には、ぜんせかい全世界でみつゆ密輸されているこかいんコカインのきゅうれい90ぱあせんと%がかいろ海路ではこばれて運ばれており、そのほとんどがすぴいどぼうとスピードボートによるものだとしるされている記されている。
In the latest report, it is written that 90% of all the cocaine smuggled in the world is transported by sea, and most of that by speedboat.
Keiko deftly piles up the cutlery and takes them to the sink.
The lunch she brought to me was as delicious as rumoured.
The opera was graced with the august presence of the Crown Prince and Princess.
Tea is like the lubricating oil of work to allow it to proceed smoothly.
I keep a good supply of stamps to save trips to the post office.
The sick person was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
He was all but dead when taken to the hospital.