率いる (ひきいる): to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops) — Japanese vocabulary
率いる is read ひきいる and means "to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops)". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
率いる
- Reading
- ひきいる · hikiiru
- Translation
- to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops)
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- ひきいるが
Example
指揮官は軍を率いて敵地に入った。
しきかんはぐんをひきいててきちにはいった。
The commanding officer led his army into enemy territory.
Kanji in this word
- 率 — rate, lead
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