追い詰める

追いつめる

Reading

Kana: おいつめる
Romaji: oitsumeru
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Definition

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vt
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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

Kanji

Readings: ツイ、 お.う
Meanings: chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
Readings: キツ、 キチ、 つ.める、 つ.め、 -づ.め、 つ.まる、 つ.む
Meanings: packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame

Example Sentences

(いぬ)はネコを()(うえ)まで()()めた。
➥The dog chased the cat up a tree.
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(かれ)()いつめられたシカを(じゅう)でねらった。
➥He drew a bead on a stag at bay.
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(だい)家族(かぞく)(やしな)って()負担(ふたん)徐々(じょじょ)(かれ)()いつめてきた。
➥The pressures of supporting a big family are beginning to catch up with him.
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自分(じぶん)自身(じしん)精神的(せいしんてき)()いつめている。
➥You are backing yourself into a bad emotional corner.
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(かれ)はぎりぎりのところまで()いつめられた。
➥He was driven to the last extremity.
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(まよ)っている()にも、どんどん袋小路(ふくろこうじ)()いつめられていくみたい。
➥Even while I was dithering it's like I was being backed further and further into a corner.
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