追及 – vocab dash

追つい及きゅう

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Transitive verb

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

2. catching up; overtaking

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ついきゅう

Used in vocabulary

droit de suite (artist's right to receive a royalty on resale)

Noun

pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone

Noun

Examples2

追つい及きゅうされて、つい、見みえ透すいた嘘うそをついてしまった。

I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.

会かい議ぎで川添かわぞえさんの追つい及きゅうを受うけて、冷ひや汗あせものだったよ。

When Kawazoe pinned me down at the meeting, I broke out in a cold sweat.