Illustration: In a small apartment entrance, a child tries to retrieve a runaway ball using a folded umbrella held horizontally near the floor. The ball has been driven into the right-angle corner between a shoe cabinet and the wall. The umbrella now closes the only open side, leaving the ball nowhere to roll.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

追おい込こむ

oikomu

to corner, to force into

Example sentences

  1. とうとう土壇場どたんばに追おい込こまれた。

    We have been completely cornered.

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  2. 僕ぼくは追おい込こまれると一番仕事いちばんしごとをする。

    I work best under pressure.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 我々われわれは絶体絶命ぜったいぜつめいのピンチに追おい込こまれた。

    We were driven to the wall.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 追込

  • 追chase; drive awayOnツイKunおう
  • 込crowded; mixtureKunこむ・こみ・こめる

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