急かす

• 読み: せかす
• ローマ字: sekasu
• 漢字の分解: 急 (kyū/se) — urgent, hurry, sudden
• 発音: /se.ka.sɯ/

意味

To hurry someone up; to urge on; to press; to rush someone.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb meaning to push someone to act faster. The causative-like form of 急く (to hurry). Used when one person is impatiently rushing another. Commonly heard in daily life when someone feels they are being pressured to move or decide quickly.

例文

1. 母に急かされて慌てて家を出た。
2. そんなに急かさないでください。
3. 締め切りが近いので部下を急かした。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, workplace, family

トーン: impatient

起源と歴史

Derived from 急く (to hurry), itself from the kanji 急 (urgent, sudden). The す ending functions as a causative suffix, giving the meaning of making someone hurry.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal