Word · 単語
迫る
Reading せまる
to approach
- 1 to approach, to draw near, to be imminent
- 2 to press (someone for something), to urge, to compel
N2
JLPT
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#2262
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Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
薄暮れが迫った。
The twilight came on.
壁が迫ってくる。
The walls close in on me.
入学試験が間近に迫っていた。
Our entrance examination was near at hand.
試験が目前に迫った。
The examination is near at hand.
我々に飢饉が迫った。
Famine stared us in the face.