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    3. 押し寄せる

    押し寄せる

    押おし​寄よせ​る​

    to advance on

    N1KMT9News #26+1Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab24 strokes

    押寄せる押しよせるおし寄せる

    おしよせる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to advance on, to close in, to march on, to descend on (the enemy), to move towards, to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.), to rush for (the door), to inundate, to overwhelm, to push aside

    Stroke 0 / 24

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    波なみが岸きし辺べに押おし寄よせた。

    Waves surged onto the shore.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    セール初しょ日にち、デパートには開かい店てんと同どう時じに大おお勢ぜいの客きゃくが押おし寄よせた。

    On the first day of the sale, a large crowd of customers surged into the department store as soon as it opened.

    KMT8Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    ライブ会かい場じょうには、開かい場じょう前まえから多おおくのファンが押おし寄よせていた。

    Many fans had already surged towards the live venue even before it opened.

    KMT9Daily LifeMusic & Entertainment
    経けい済ざい危き機きが押おし寄よせ、多おおくの企き業ぎょうが倒とう産さんの危き機きに瀕ひんしている。

    An economic crisis is surging, and many companies are on the verge of bankruptcy.

    KMT9Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    故こ郷きょうの景けし色きを見みると、懐なつかしい思おもい出でが一いっ気きに心こころに押おし寄よせてくる。

    When I see the scenery of my hometown, nostalgic memories suddenly surge into my heart.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    押
    お.す・お.し-・お.っ-・お.さえる・おさ.える…(4)
    push・stop・check・subdue・attach…(6)
    Kanji
    寄
    よ.る・-よ.り・よ.せる…(4)
    draw near・stop in・bring near・gather・collect…(2)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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