noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. running about, making every effort (to do), busying oneself (with), being busily engaged (in), good offices, efforts.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
奔走 ほんそう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

run, bustle
ホン はし.る (9th, N1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
grass
キ ケ くさ (Kentei 1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)