詰つめ寄よる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

draw near; close in on

Physical movement: approaching someone closely, often with a sense of urgency or confrontation.

• 彼かれは一いっ歩ぽ詰つめ寄よって、相あい手ての目めをじっと見みた。

  He took a step closer and stared into the other person's eyes.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

press for an answer; hound; confront

Figurative use: aggressively questioning or demanding a response, often in a tense situation.

• 記き者しゃたちは大だい臣じんに詰つめ寄よって、辞じ任にんするのかと尋たずねた。

  The reporters pressed the minister, asking if he would resign.

• 彼かの女じょは彼かれに詰つめ寄よって、なぜ嘘うそをついたのか説せつ明めいを求もとめた。

  She confronted him and demanded an explanation for why he had lied.