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催促 (さいそく, saisoku) Japanese meaning: pressing | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 催促する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 催さい 促そく する 催さい 促そく しない Polite 催さい 促そく します 催さい 促そく しません Past polite 催さい 促そく しました 催さい 促そく しませんでした Past 催さい 促そく した 催さい 促そく しなかった Te-form 催さい 促そく して 催さい 促そく しないで Desire 催さい 促そく したい 催さい 促そく したくない Potential 催さい 促そく できる 催さい 促そく できない Passive 催さい 促そく される 催さい 促そく されない Causative 催さい 促そく させる 催さい 促そく させない Causative passive 催さい 促そく させられる 催さい 促そく させられない Volitional 催さい 促そく しよう Polite volitional 催さい 促そく しましょう Imperative 催さい 促そく しろ 催さい 促そく するな Conditional 催さい 促そく すれば 催さい 促そく しなければ Tara conditional 催さい 促そく したら 催さい 促そく しなかったら
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催さい
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電でん
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I got a call pressing me for payment.
I urged him to reply, but it still hasn't come.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 催さい 促そく する to press/urge for something (payment, a reply, etc.)
He pressed for repayment of the debt.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 催さい 促そく する to press someone (to do something)
I pressed my friend to pay back the loan.
催さい 促そく の 電でん 話わ をかける to make a reminder/follow-up phone call
Since the payment was late, I made a reminder call.
〈 人ひと 〉 から 催さい 促そく される to be pressed/urged by someone
I was pressed by my boss to submit the report.
Expressions 矢や の 催さい 促そく pressing demand; relentless urging; insistent request Kanji 催 sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner) Related words· 8 督促 is a stronger, more formal kind of urging used in official contexts like debt collection, while 催促 is more everyday and can be used among friends or colleagues.
要求 is a formal demand for something one has a right to, whereas 催促 is about reminding or pressing someone to finally do something they already owe or promised.
催促 is urging someone to do something they already owe or promised, while ねだり is coaxing someone to give you something you want.
催促 means to press or remind someone to do something (like pay a debt), whereas 請求 is the formal act of making the claim or bill itself.
Show 4 more 催促する is a more insistent, direct demand for someone to act (e.g. pay a debt), whereas 促す is a softer, more general urging.
催促する means to press someone to do something (like pay a debt) in a formal, businesslike way, whereas ねだる is about whiny, personal begging for something desired.
催促する is a neutral word for reminding or urging someone (e.g. about payment), while 責める in this 'press' sense carries a more demanding or pestering tone.
Don't confuse with 催促 shares the kanji 催 with 催し but means 'demand/urging', not an event.
催促する (to press/demand) shares the kanji 催 with 催す but means urging someone to do something, not holding an event or feeling a sensation.
Written forms 催さい 促そく Usage 96%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
さいそく Usage 3%
サイソク Usage <1%
Etymology Composed of 催 (to urge, prompt) and 促 (to stimulate, urge). The combination reinforces the meaning of pressing or urging someone to act.
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催促する means to remind or press someone to do something they already owe, while 責め立てる (in its urging sense) implies a more forceful, almost accusatory tone.
