Illustration: In an apartment corridor, a resident crouches beside an open elevator and struggles to fasten a shoe with trembling, tangled fingers. One heel is still outside the shoe, a work bag slips from their shoulder, and their eyes repeatedly dart toward the elevator doors.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

焦あせる

aseru

to feel rushed, to be impatient

Example sentences

彼かれは新あたらしい仕事しごとを始はじめようとあせっていた。
He was in a hurry to begin the new job.
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焦あせらなくてもいいですよ。
You don’t have to hurry.
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彼かれは遅おくれを取とり戻もどそうと焦あせっている。
He’s desperately trying to make up for the delay.
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Kanji in 焦

焦char; hurryOnショウKunこげる・こがす・あせる

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