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夜逃げ
Readings

yonige
English
Noun (futsuumeishi)
Takes the aux. verb suru
Intransitive verb
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt), moonlight flit, skipping town overnight, upping and leaving under the cover of darkness, midnight vanishing act

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Kanjis
ON: KUN: よ, よる
night, evening

Stroke: 8 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 2-2-6 FC: 0024.4


ON: トウ KUN: に.げる, に.がす, のが.す, のが.れる
escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free

Stroke: 9 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 3-3-6 FC: 3230.0


Phrases
彼は借金がたまって夜逃げ同然に町を去った。
Parts: (かれ) 借金 (しゃっきん) 溜まる (たまって) 夜逃げ (よにげ) 同然 (どうぜん) (まち) 去る (さる)
He was deeply in debt. And he and his family skipped town.