🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

逃亡者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tōbōsha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Runaway/ˈrʌn.ə.weɪ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"警察は先週逃亡者を探しています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who has run away, especially from home or from a difficult situation.

    "The police are searching for the runaway who left home last week."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having escaped or fled, often used to describe someone or something that is out of control.

    "The runaway train caused a major accident on the tracks."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'runaway' originates from the Middle English 'run away', which combines the verb 'run' from Old English 'rinnan' meaning 'to run' and 'away' from Old English 'āweg'. Historically, it referred to someone who flees or escapes, particularly in contexts of slavery or imprisonment.

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