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Japanese symbol for “getaway”

Romaji: nige
escape; getaway; evasion

In Japanese, getaway is , read (nige).

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Meanings

  1. n escape; getaway; evasion

Kanji and stroke order

escape, flee, shirk
on: トウ
kun: に.げる、に.がす、のが.す、のが.れる
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “getaway”

WordReadingMeaning
ゆさんじょ yusanjoexcursion spot; getaway

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
にげる nigeruto run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger)
とうそう tousouflight; desertion; escape
のがれる nogareruto escape
とうぼう toubouescape; flight; running away
とうひ touhiescape; evasion; flight

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.