1.
to crawl out, to creep out
To emerge by crawling; to come out on hands and knees or by dragging oneself.
虫が穴から這い出てきた。
An insect crawled out of the hole.
赤ちゃんがベッドから這い出た。
The baby crawled out of the bed.
瓦礫の下から這い出ることができた。
I was able to crawl out from under the rubble.
布団から這い出る気力がない。
I don't have the energy to crawl out of the futon.
這い出る is a compound verb: 這う (to crawl) + 出る (to come out).
TRANSITIVITY:
- Type: Intransitive (自動詞)
- Pattern: Xから這い出る
- Transitive pair: 這い出す (to cause to crawl out)
ASPECT (ている):
- 這い出ている - is in the process of crawling out
- Telic: describes the action with a clear endpoint (emerging)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 穴から這い出る - to crawl out of a hole
- 布団から這い出る - to drag oneself out of bed
- やっと這い出る - to finally crawl out
COMPOUND VERB NOTES:
The ～出る pattern indicates movement outward. Combined with 這う, it describes emerging by crawling motion.