noun

  1. running away, escaping on foot.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
逃げ足 にげあし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

escape, flee, shirk
に.げる のが.す トウ (Early Jr. High, N3)
portent, 10**12, trillion
チョウ きざ.す (4th, N2)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし た.りる ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
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)