使

し

police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)

長駆

ちょうく

a long march

前駆

ぜんく せんぐ ぜんぐ

outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade), outriding

先駆

せんく

forerunner, pioneer, precursor

駆動

くどう

driving force

駆る

かる

to drive (car), to spur on, to impel

馳駆

ちく

dashing around on a horse, running around, exerting oneself (for another)

疾駆

しっく

riding fast, driving a horse fast

駆逐

くちく

extermination, expulsion, destruction

四駆

よんく

four-wheel drive

駆水

くすい

dehydrating

駆け

かけ

canter, gallop

駆除

くじょ

extermination (esp. pests), expulsion, destruction

駆虫

exterminating insects; pest control; deinsectization

駆体

くたい

skeleton (of a building); frame; framework

虐使

ぎゃくし

driving someone too hard

使む

しむ

to make happen (old causative verbal ending)

別使

べっし

special messenger, another messenger

使節

しせつ

envoy, embassy, mission, delegate