Keyword
draw very near
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig300
Readings
せま
(38%)
(33%)
はく
(17%)
ぱく
(10%)
Composed of
white
road
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
pressure; oppression; suppression
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
tension; strain
feeling of oppression
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
persecution; oppression
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
threatening letter; intimidating letter
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
realistic; true to life
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
stage elevator; trapdoor
to gradually rise
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
urgency; imminence
compelling; using duress
full impact; packing a punch
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
threatening letter; intimidating letter
financial difficulty; distress
close attack
person making threats; intimidator
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
telephone threat (e.g. of a bomb)
menacing; threatening
criminal intimidation
to gain on (someone); to run (someone) close
to be faced with the choice between two alternatives; to be presented with two difficult choices
to close in on the truth
menace; threat; intimidation
obsessive-compulsive disorder; OCD
threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage
to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to be on the brink of death
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
growing urgent; becoming distressful
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
lacking spirit, vigour (vigor)
to be on the brink of death
to gradually rise
to gradually rise
to urge someone to resign; to insist upon someone's resignation
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
to gradually rise
stage elevator; trapdoor
end of the year
urgent; pressing; imminent
monetary stringency; tight-money situation
oppressed peoples; discriminated ethnicity
voussoir; arch-stone; ring stone
chaptrel; impost; springing
immediate sacrifice (esp. laboratory animals); emergency slaughter
Examples (27 in total)
The impending examination loomed large in her mind.
She seemed pressed for time and often glanced at the clock on the wall.
Your answer almost amounts to a threat.