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JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

催さい促そく

saisoku

to press for, to demand

Example sentences

  1. しびれを切きらして借金しゃっきんの催促さいそくをした。

    He impatiently asked for repayment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 催促さいそくがましくて恐縮きょうしゅくですが、先日せんじつお貸かししたお金かねを返かえしていただけませんか。

    I’m afraid this sounds like a demand, but could you return the money I lent you the other day?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そこで菱屋ひしやは女おんなならばあたりも柔やわらかろうとお梅うめを催促さいそくへやった。

    Therefore, Hishiya sent Oume to ask for the payment, thinking that a woman might solicit a softer response.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 催促

  • 催sponsor; hold (a meeting)OnサイKunもようす・もよおす
  • 促stimulate; urgeOnソクKunうながす

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