Translation guide
To force someone or something to leave a place, often by applying pressure or creating an inhospitable environment.
To make someone or something leave a location, often through coercion or pressure.
The most common and versatile verb for physically driving someone or something out of a place. Can be used for people, animals, or abstract things.
To officially or forcefully remove someone from a group, organization, or country.
To banish, exile, or expel. Used for formal removal from a country, organization, or community.
彼は国から追放された。
He was driven out of the country.
To remove something abstract, such as a feeling, thought, or problem.
追い出す focuses on forcing someone/something out of an enclosed space (room, house, etc.), while 追い払う emphasizes the act of driving away or repelling, often in open spaces or for pests/intruders.
Do not use 運転する (to drive a vehicle) for 'drive out'. The English phrasal verb is idiomatic and requires verbs like 追い出す or 追い払う.
彼らは洪水で家を追われた。
They were driven out of their homes by the flood.
追われる is the passive form of 追う, meaning 'to be driven out/forced to leave'.
その会社は競合他社を駆逐しようとしている。
The company is trying to drive out competitors.
He was driven out of the room.
猫を台所から追い出した。
I drove the cat out of the kitchen.
To drive away or chase off, often used for pests, intruders, or unwanted things. Emphasizes the action of repelling.
犬が泥棒を追い払った。
The dog drove off the burglar.
彼は手でハエを追い払った。
He drove away the fly with his hand.
To exterminate or wipe out, often used in military or competitive contexts. Implies complete removal.
敵軍をその地域から駆逐した。
They drove the enemy forces out of the area.
The politician was expelled from the party.
To shut out or lock out; to exclude someone from a place or group, often by physical or social barriers.
彼は会議から締め出された。
He was shut out of the meeting.
Also used metaphorically to drive away negative feelings or thoughts.
彼は不安を追い払おうとした。
He tried to drive out his anxiety.
To sweep away or clean out; to eliminate something completely, often used for problems or undesirable elements.
新市長は汚職を一掃すると約束した。
The new mayor promised to drive out corruption.