ひき逃げ

轢き逃げ、 轢逃げ

Reading

Kana: ひきにげ

Romaji: hikinige

Definition

noun

vs

1

hit-and-run (causing personal injury)

Kanji

逃

Readings: トウ、 に.げる、 に.がす、 のが.す、 のが.れる

Meanings: escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free

轢

Readings: レキ、 ひ.く、 きし.る

Meaning: run over

Example Sentence

ひき逃(に)げの犯人(はんにん)は翌日(よくじつ)父親(ちちおや)に伴(ともな)われて自首(じしゅ)してきました。

➥The hit-and-run driver, accompanied by his father, came and turned himself in the next day.