- 駆けつける【かけつける】 - to run to, to come running, to rush (someplace), to hasten 
- 駆ける【かける】 - to run, to dash, to race, to gallop (on horseback), to canter, to advance (against one's enemy), to charge (on horseback) 
- 駆け足【かけあし】 - running fast, double time, cantering, doing things in a hurry 
- 駆る【かる】 - to spur on, to urge forward, to impel, to drive at high speed (e.g. a car) 
- 駆逐【くちく】 - extermination, expulsion, destruction 
- 駆使【くし】 - using freely, making full use of, having a good command of, working (someone) hard, driving (someone) on 
- 駆け引き【かけひき】 - bargaining, haggling, tactics, strategy, maneuvering, diplomacy, (tactical) advance or retreat of troops 
- 駆動【くどう】 - driving force 
- 先駆【せんく】 - forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding 
- 駆け回る【かけまわる】 - to run around, to bustle about 
- 先駆ける【さきがける】 - to do (something) before (something or someone else), to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.) 
- 駆け込み【かけこみ】 - running in, rushing into, last-minute rush 
- 先駆け【さきがけ】 - pioneer, leader, taking the initiative, forerunner, harbinger, herald, leading an attack, charging ahead of others (towards the enemy) 
- 駆除【くじょ】 - extermination (esp. pests), expulsion, destruction 
- 駆逐艦【くちくかん】 - destroyer (ship) 
- 駆け付け三杯【かけつけさんばい】 - three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink 
- 駆り立てる【かりたてる】 - to flush out (game, etc.), to drive (animals), to beat, to hunt down, to urge, to spur on, to push on, to impel 
- 駆け出し【かけだし】 - novice, beginner, starting to run, running off, running away 
- 駆け出す【かけだす】 - to run off, to break into a run, to start running 
- 駆け巡る【かけめぐる】 - to run about, to rush about