迫る
N2せまる semaru
- to draw near
- to press
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
迫近;逼迫
Examples
- 彼はしつこく退職を迫られました。He was hounded into quitting.他被不断逼迫退休。
- 時間が刻々と迫っている。Time is pressing every moment.时间一刻一刻地逼近。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('102e6b2f3d'); // 迫る
{
"id": "102e6b2f3d",
"word": "迫る",
"reading": "せまる",
"romaji": "semaru",
"meanings": [
"to draw near",
"to press"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1475720,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はしつこく退職を迫られました。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はしつこく{退職|たいしょく}を{迫|せま}られました。",
"en": "He was hounded into quitting.",
"tatoeba_id": 113591
},
{
"ja": "時間が刻々と迫っている。",
"furigana": "{時間|じかん}が{刻々|こっこく}と{迫|せま}っている。",
"en": "Time is pressing every moment.",
"tatoeba_id": 150623
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d7a0b193b3b722330a49f61687dd2c5cc86748c3e3aa10f6a3ffdb3af01f4447",
"meanings": [
"迫近",
"逼迫"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はしつこく退職を迫られました。",
"zh": "他被不断逼迫退休。"
},
{
"ja": "時間が刻々と迫っている。",
"zh": "时间一刻一刻地逼近。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/102e6b2f3d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1475720; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "77255d331ae9345f24b92e32d7528410b9677118112d71c258d6e1f2d32d473a"
}
}