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Meaning of 押し寄せる in Japanese
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押し寄せる, 押寄せる, 押しよせるJLPT 1
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Kana Readingおしよせる
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Romajioshiyoseru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside
- Example sentence
- 波また波が岸辺に押し寄せた。 Wave after wave surged upon the beach.
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Examples of 押し寄せる, 押寄せる, 押しよせる, おしよせる in a sentence
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Wave after wave surged upon the beach.
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A lot of tourists invaded the island.
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Tourists poured into Karuizawa during the summer vacation.
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The town was deluged with tourists in summer.
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The dam gave way and sent a great flush of water down the valley.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 押し寄せる
- Plain Polite
- 押し寄せます
- Negative
- 押し寄せない
- Negative Polite
- 押し寄せません
Past
- Plain
- 押し寄せた
- Plain Polite
- 押し寄せました
- Negative
- 押し寄せなかった
- Negative Polite
- 押し寄せませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 押し寄せて
- Plain Polite
- 押し寄せまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 押し寄せられる
- Plain Polite
- 押し寄せられます
- Negative
- 押し寄せられない
- Negative Polite
- 押し寄せられません
Kanji in this word
押
JLPT 3
8 strokes
push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of
On'Yomi: オウ
Kun'Yomi: お.す, お.し-, お.っ-, お.さえる, おさ.える
寄
JLPT 3
11 strokes
draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward
On'Yomi: キ
Kun'Yomi: よ.る, -よ.り, よ.せる