追及

Reading

Kana: ついきゅう
Romaji: tsuikyū
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Definitions

vs
1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down

2

catching up; overtaking

Kanji

Readings: ツイ、 お.う
Meanings: chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
Readings: キュウ、 およ.ぶ、 およ.び、 および、 およ.ぼす
Meanings: reach out, exert, exercise, cause

Example Sentences

会議(かいぎ)川添(かわぞえ)さんの追及(ついきゅう)()けて()(あせ)ものだったよ。
➥When Kawazoe pinned me down at the meeting, I broke out in a cold sweat.
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追及(ついきゅう)されて、つい、()()いた(うそ)をついてしまった。
➥I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.
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