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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

迫せまる

N2
せまる semaru
  1. to draw near
  2. to press
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

迫近;逼迫

Examples

  • 彼かれはしつこく退たい職しょくを迫せまられました。
    He was hounded into quitting.
    他被不断逼迫退休。
  • 時じ間かんが刻こっ々こくと迫せまっている。
    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"
  }
}