追い込む|おいこむoikomu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto herd; to drive; to chase; to corral
- godan verb, transitive verbto corner; to force someone into doing
- godan verb, transitive verbto go hard; to push yourself; to make a last charge
- godan verb, transitive verbto run on (e.g. lines in printing)
- godan verb, transitive verb, baseballto have two strikes
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 追い込む（おいこむ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 追い込みます（おいこみます） |
| Negative (nai) | 追い込まない（おいこまない） |
| polite (masen) | 追い込みません（おいこみません） |
| classical zu / nu | 追い込まず・追い込まぬ（おいこまず・おいこまぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 追い込んだ（おいこんだ） |
| polite (mashita) | 追い込みました（おいこみました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 追い込まなかった（おいこまなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 追い込みませんでした（おいこみませんでした） |
| Te form | 追い込んで（おいこんで） |
| Potential | 追い込める（おいこめる） |
| Passive | 追い込まれる（おいこまれる） |
| Causative | 追い込ませる（おいこませる） |
| Causative passive | 追い込ませられる・追い込まされる（おいこませられる・おいこまされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 追い込めば（おいこめば） |
| tara | 追い込んだら（おいこんだら） |
| Volitional | 追い込もう（おいこもう） |
| polite (mashou) | 追い込みましょう（おいこみましょう） |
| Imperative | 追い込め（おいこめ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym駆り立てるかりたてるNeutralNeutral word for driving or inciting, as in 「不安を駆り立てる」; leans toward urging someone on rather than herding them into a place.
- Synonym狩立てるWrittenWritten spelling of 「狩り立てる」: to flush game out for the hunt; unlike 「駆り立てる」 it has no sense of driving someone's emotions.
- Related駆るかるWrittenWritten word for driving or urging something on, or driving at high speed; as in 「不安に駆られる」, it often describes being driven by emotion.
- Related駆り出すかりだすNeutralNeutral word for rounding people up or pressing them into service, as in 「手伝いに駆り出される」; leans toward being roped in to help.
- Antonym追い出すおいだすNeutralAntonym: to drive or force out; the direction is the reverse of 「追い込む」, which drives people or animals in.
- Antonym逃がすにがすNeutralAntonym: to let go or let someone escape; the opposite of cornering or trapping someone with 「追い込む」.
Use 「追い込む」 to herd people or animals into a place, corner them, or make a final push, as in 「窮地に追い込む」「追い込みをかける」. For urging someone on use 「駆り立てる」; for being driven by emotion, 「駆る」; for being roped in to help, 「駆り出す」. 「追い出す」 and 「逃がす」 are opposites.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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