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迫せまる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to approach; to draw near; to be imminent
The more I walk, the more the sea seems to loom before my eyes.
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
2. to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
I know I'm pressing you to make a hard choice.
Alt. forms
迫せまる
96%
せまる
2%
逼せまる
Kanji used
迫
draw very near
Pitch accent
せ
ま
る
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Conjugations...Used in: 4728
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
to close in on the truth
to close in on the truth
to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
to be on the brink of death
to urge someone to resign; to insist upon someone's resignation
Examples (29 in total)
Christmas is just around the corner, too.
Ruin is closing in, right before our eyes.
The shadow of war was closing in on the town.
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