Words — 8 found
お
追いつく
1. to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach
2. to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
追い付く 【おいつく】、追い着く 【おいつく】
追い着く: Rarely-used kanji form.
とかえ
取り返す
1. to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
取返す 【とりかえす】
おくともど
遅れを取り戻す
1. to make up for lost time; to make up for a delay; to catch up (on)
てまわ
手が回る
1. to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to see to something properlyusu. in negative
- いそが忙しくて
- そんなところ
- まで
- てがまわ手が回らない
- よ 。
2. to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
ししたおよ
駟も舌に及ばず
1. rumors travel faster than a four-horse carriage; a word once uttered cannot be recalledProverb
し
如く
1. to match; to equalFormal or literary term
2. to catch up with; to overtakeArchaic
若く 【しく】、及く 【しく】