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迫る せまる N2

  1. to approach; to be imminent; to draw near
  2. to compel; to press (someone for something); to urge

真に迫る しんにせまる

  1. to be lifelike; to be true to nature

押し迫る おしせまる

  1. to approach; to be at hand; to be imminent; to be impending; to draw near

命旦夕に迫る めいたんせきにせまる

  1. to be on the brink of death

差し迫る さしせまる

  1. to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent

鬼気迫る ききせまる

  1. to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

辞職を迫る じしょくをせまる

  1. to insist upon someone's resignation; to urge someone to resign

追い迫る おいせまる

  1. to gain on (someone); to run (someone) close

万感胸に迫る ばんかんむねにせまる

  1. to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions

真実に迫る しんじつにせまる

  1. to close in on the truth
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