Word Meaning 東奔西走

とうほんせいそう touhonseisou

東奔西走 is read as とうほんせいそう (touhonseisou) and means busying oneself about (something).

Meaning

English

  1. busying oneself about (something)
  2. being on the move
  3. bestirring oneself
  4. on the go
  5. taking an active interest

Reading

Kana

とうほんせいそう

Romaji

touhonseisou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Yojijukugo Rank 21841 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

奔走

ほんそう

running about

東西

とうざい

east and west

東西冷戦

とうざいれいせん

Cold War (between the East and the West)

東西古今

とうざいここん

all times and places

東西屋

とうざいや

town crier

東西東西

とざいとうざい

ladies and gentlemen!

東は東西は西

ひがしはひがしにしはにし

East is East, and West is West

東西南北

とうざいなんぼく

east, west, south and north

西高東低

せいこうとうてい

high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east

無東西

むとうざい

itinerant monk

西東京科学大学

にしとうきょうかがくだいがく

Nishitoukyōkagaku University

Example Sentences

1

かのじょはしごとでとうほんせいそうしている。

She is busy running around everywhere for work.