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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

追つい及きゅう

tsuikyuu

to press for answers

Often used when pressing someone about responsibility. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 追及ついきゅうされて、つい、見みえ透すいた嘘うそをついてしまった。

    I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 会議かいぎで川添かわぞえさんの追及ついきゅうを受うけて、冷ひや汗あせものだったよ。

    When Kawazoe pinned me down at the meeting, I broke out in a cold sweat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 1990年代以降ねんだいいこうの経営陣けいえいじんおよそ70人にんの責任せきにんを追及ついきゅうする

    investigating the responsibility of the roughly 70 people in the management ranks in the 1990s

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 追及

  • 追chase; drive awayOnツイKunおう
  • 及reach out; exertOnキュウKunおよぶ・および・および

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