詰め寄る・詰寄る|つめよるtsumeyoru[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
詰め寄る詰め寄る is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; it can express drawing near or pressing someone for an answer.
詰寄る詰寄る is a less common kanji-and-kana variant of 詰め寄る. It has the same meaning, but beginners should choose 詰め寄る instead.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto draw near; to draw closer
- godan verb, intransitive verbto press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 詰め寄る（つめよる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 詰め寄ります（つめよります） |
| Negative (nai) | 詰め寄らない（つめよらない） |
| polite (masen) | 詰め寄りません（つめよりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 詰め寄らず・詰め寄らぬ（つめよらず・つめよらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 詰め寄った（つめよった） |
| polite (mashita) | 詰め寄りました（つめよりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 詰め寄らなかった（つめよらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 詰め寄りませんでした（つめよりませんでした） |
| Te form | 詰め寄って（つめよって） |
| Potential | 詰め寄れる（つめよれる） |
| Passive | 詰め寄られる（つめよられる） |
| Causative | 詰め寄らせる（つめよらせる） |
| Causative passive | 詰め寄らせられる・詰め寄らされる（つめよらせられる・つめよらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 詰め寄れば（つめよれば） |
| tara | 詰め寄ったら（つめよったら） |
| Volitional | 詰め寄ろう（つめよろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 詰め寄りましょう（つめよりましょう） |
| Imperative | 詰め寄れ（つめよれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym迫るせまるNeutralCovers closing in physically or an event drawing near, and pressing someone to comply, as in 「回答を迫る」; 「詰め寄る」 stresses hard, aggressive questioning.
- Synonym近づくちかづくNeutralApproaching or drawing near, also of a time approaching; carries none of 「詰め寄る」's interrogating, pressuring force.
- Synonym近寄るちかよるNeutralSimply moving close to a person or thing; common in everyday speech, with none of 「詰め寄る」's confrontational intensity.
- Synonym接近せっきんNeutralApproaching, as in 「台風が接近する」, also a gap narrowing or people growing close; no interrogating color.
- Synonym寄るよるNeutralVery versatile: drawing near, gathering, or stopping by somewhere; no pressuring or hounding sense.
- Related要求ようきゅうNeutralStating a demand in fairly objective terms; 「詰め寄る」 presses the other party with a hard, aggressive manner.
- Related要請ようせいFormalA formal, dignified request or appeal, often issued by institutions or companies; carries no coercive force.
- Related要望ようぼうNeutralExpressing a wish or making a request in a relatively mild tone; 「詰め寄る」 is harder and more oppressive.
- Related強要きょうようWrittenFormal written word for forcing someone to do something against their will, as in 「謝罪を強要する」; 「詰め寄る」 centers on pressing and probing.
- Related促すうながすNeutralUrging, reminding, or spurring something on, as in 「注意を促す」; much milder in tone than 「詰め寄る」.
- Related催促さいそくNeutralUrging someone to fulfill a promise, as in 「返済を催促する」; 「詰め寄る」 has a fiercer tone.
- Related督促とくそくWrittenFormal written term for a party in a supervisory position pressing for payment of debts or taxes, as in 「督促状」; 「詰め寄る」 is not restricted to such roles.
- Related求めるもとめるNeutralSeeking or demanding, as in 「説明を求める」, without any movement toward the other person; 「詰め寄る」 closes in and applies hard pressure.
- Related談じ込むだんじこむNeutralRarely used; means approaching someone to talk things out or negotiate, with a protesting nuance; 「詰め寄る」 centers on interrogation.
- Antonym離れるはなれるNeutralTo leave or move apart; the opposite of 「詰め寄る」, which closes in on the other party.
- Antonym遠ざかるとおざかるNeutralTo recede gradually, also for a relationship to grow distant; opposite of 「詰め寄る」's pressing in on someone.
Use 「詰め寄る」 for aggressively pressing or hounding someone for answers, as in 「記者が詰め寄る」. For simply approaching, say 「近づく」; for demanding, 「求める」 or 「迫る」; for leaving, 「離れる」.
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