追及|ついきゅうtsuikyuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down
   追及ついきゅうされて、つい、見え透みえ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.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcatching up; overtaking

• Synonym取り調べとりしらべNeutralInterrogation of suspects or related persons by investigative authorities, as in 「取り調べを受ける」; 「追及」 presses responsibility to the very end.
• Synonym調べしらべNeutralAn investigation or check that can also mean a tune, as in 「警察の調べ」; 「追及」 stresses pursuing causes and responsibility to the end.
• Synonym吟味ぎんみWrittenCareful scrutiny weighing merits and quality, as in 「素材を吟味する」; historically also interrogation over crimes, while 「追及」 presses responsibility.
• Synonym追究ついきゅうWrittenA written homophone for pursuing something to the very end, as in 「真理を追究」; it leans to scholarly inquiry, while 「追及」 presses responsibility.
• Synonym査問さもんWrittenA written term for formally questioning those involved, as in 「査問委員会」; strongly procedural, while 「追及」 broadly presses responsibility to the end.
• Synonym詮索せんさくWrittenPrying into every last detail, as in 「詮索好き」, often with a meddlesome nuance; 「追及」 presses responsibility or causes to the end.
• Related捜査そうさWrittenA written term for police investigative work—gathering evidence, hunting the culprit; 「追及」 centers on pressing causes and responsibility.
• Related調査ちょうさNeutralA survey or fact-finding study to learn the actual situation, as in 「アンケート調査」; 「追及」 presses causes and responsibility to the end.
• Related究明きゅうめいWrittenWritten prose for getting a truth or cause into the open, as in 「原因究明」; the aim is clarity, not necessarily assigning blame.
• Related検察けんさつFormalA formal name for the prosecutors' office and its investigative, prosecutorial role; 「追及」 is an act anyone can carry out.
• Related検討けんとうNeutralWeighing a matter from every angle to see if it is viable, as in 「対策を検討する」; it evaluates rather than grilling like 「追及」.
• Related査察ささつFormalA formal inspection checking compliance and current conditions, as in 「税務査察」; 「追及」 focuses on pressing causes and responsibility to the end.
• Related審査しんさNeutralScreening and judging against set criteria, as in 「書類審査」; it decides acceptability or ranking, not who is to blame.
• Related捜索そうさくNeutralSearching for missing people or legally authorized searches of premises, as in 「家宅捜索」; it hunts people or things, not answers.
• Related追求ついきゅうNeutralA homophone for pursuing goals, ideals or profit, as in 「利益を追求」; it chases objectives rather than assigning blame.
• Related探索たんさくNeutralSearching into the unknown or for someone's whereabouts, as in 「宇宙探索」; 「追及」 stresses pressing causes and responsibility to the end.
• Related考証こうしょうWrittenA written term for verifying past matters from historical sources, as in 「時代考証」; 「追及」 presses causes and responsibility to the end.
• Related探りさぐりNeutralProbing to sound out someone's real intentions, as in 「探りを入れる」; 「追及」 relentlessly pursues causes and responsibility.
• Related検分けんぶんWrittenWritten prose for an on-site inspection, as in 「実地検分」; it is a field survey, not an interrogation.
• RelatedリサーチNeutralA loanword for research or surveys, in academic and general contexts alike; 「追及」 stresses relentlessly pursuing causes and responsibility.
• Antonym回避かいひNeutralDodging questions or responsibility, as in 「責任を回避する」; the direct opposite of 「追及」 and its relentless pursuit.
• Antonym逃げるにげるNeutralTo run away or shirk, as in 「責任から逃げる」; the opposite of 「追及」 pressing a matter to the end.

Use 「追及」 for relentlessly pressing responsibility or causes, as in 「責任を追及する」 and 「疑惑を追及」. For scholarly inquiry to the very end use the written homophone 「追究」, for chasing goals or profit 「追求」, and for getting to the bottom of a cause or truth 「究明」. The opposite of 「追及」 is 「回避」, dodging the issue. Among the near-synonyms, 「取り調べ」 and 「捜査」 are police-side procedures, 「調査」 and 「リサーチ」 are neutral fact-finding, and 「検討」 and 「審査」 weigh or judge rather than blame.

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1. 原因げんいんや責任せきにんをどこまでも追い詰おいつめること。