追及

Meanings

1. Noun · Suru verb · Transitive

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

2. Noun · Suru verb · Transitive

   catching up; overtaking

In Spanish

1. persecución; investigación

Kanji in this word

• 追
• 及

Example sentences

• 追及ついきゅうされて、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.

  Tatoeba #125699(opens in a new tab)

• 会議で川添さんの追及を受けて、冷や汗ものだったよ。

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

  Tatoeba #185406(opens in a new tab)