Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to dispatch (someone), to send, to make run.
  2. to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.), to drive, to ride, to sail.
  3. to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.), to run (one's eyes over something).
  4. to rout (the enemy), to put to flight.
  5. to run (a computer program).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
走らす はしらす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)