Translation guide
How to express 'drive into' in Japanese, covering physical movement into a space, colliding with something, and metaphorical uses.
To enter a location by driving a vehicle, such as a garage, parking lot, or driveway.
General pattern: place + に + 車で + 入る. Use this for driving into a garage, parking lot, etc.
車をガレージに入れた。
I drove the car into the garage.
He drove into the parking lot.
To drive or ride into a place, often used for vehicles entering a restricted area or driveway.
車を庭に乗り入れた。
I drove the car into the garden.
Formal term for entering a road, lane, or area, often used in traffic contexts.
高速道路に進入する。
Drive onto the expressway.
To crash a vehicle into something, such as a wall, tree, or another car.
General term for colliding with something. Use with vehicle as subject or object.
車が壁にぶつかった。
The car drove into the wall.
彼は電柱に車をぶつけた。
He drove his car into a utility pole.
Formal term for collision, often used in news or reports.
トラックがガードレールに衝突した。
The truck drove into the guardrail.
To plow into, often used for forceful or accidental crashes.
To cause someone or something to enter a particular state, often negative, such as madness, despair, or debt.
To drive someone into a corner or a difficult situation. Often used with 追い詰める (to corner).
彼を絶望に追い込んだ。
They drove him into despair.
その政策は国を混乱に追い込んだ。
The policy drove the country into chaos.
Causative form to indicate making someone become something. Use with adjectives or nouns.
彼の言葉が彼女を怒らせた。
His words drove her into a rage.
To drive someone into action or a state, often with a sense of urging or compelling.
To force a pointed object into a surface or material.
To hammer or drive something into a surface. Used for nails, stakes, etc.
壁に釘を打ち込んだ。
I drove a nail into the wall.
地面に杭を打ち込む。
Drive a stake into the ground.
To stab or thrust into, often used for knives or sharp objects.
The English phrasal verb 'drive into' has multiple meanings. Do not translate word-for-word. Use the appropriate Japanese expression based on context: entering a place, colliding, causing a state, or forcing an object into something.
車が店に突っ込んだ。
A car drove into the store.
好奇心が彼を冒険に駆り立てた。
Curiosity drove him into adventure.
彼はナイフをテーブルに突き刺した。
He drove the knife into the table.