走る
ha-shi-ru
Pain 'runs' too — 走る draws one fast line
The picture The feet leave the ground and the body shoots forward along one fast line. 走る lifts the feet off to dash; 歩く keeps them on the ground.
Where the picture shows up in 走る
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Feet off the ground
駅まで走りました。
eki made hashiri-mashita
I ran to the station.
Bag clutched to the chest, feet off the ground, heading for the station.
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Blocking that act
店の中では走らないでください。
mise no naka de wa hashiranai de kudasai
Please don't run inside the shop.
A palm stops a foot that was about to dash down a narrow aisle.
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Wheels drawing the line
この電車は速く走ります。
kono densha wa hayaku hashiri-masu
This train runs fast.
The train slides along the rails like one drawn line.
Vehicles take 走る too, just like English 'the train runs'.
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The same line each day
毎朝公園を走っています。
maiasa kōen o hashitte i-masu
I run in the park every morning.
The same loop around the park is drawn fresh every morning.
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A line inside the body
腰に痛みが走りました。
koshi ni itami ga hashiri-mashita
Pain shot through my lower back.
One thin line flashes from the lower back down the leg in an instant.
痛みが走る pictures pain as a single streak passing through.
All of it in one picture
走る is one picture: one line drawn at speed. Lift your own feet off the ground and you run; forbid that act indoors and it is 'no running'; let wheels draw the line along the rails and the train runs; draw the same line every morning and you are out for a run; let the line pass inside the body and pain shoots through. So 走る carries both speed and a single streak.