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迫る · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

Intransitive use for physical or temporal approach, often with a sense of urgency or inevitability. Common with time limits, deadlines, or threats.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

Transitive use: to press someone for an answer, decision, or action. Often used with に for the person and を for the thing demanded.

〈時とき〉が迫せまるfor a time or deadline to be drawing near
提てい出しゅつ期き限げんが迫せまっている。
The submission deadline is drawing near.
〈人ひと〉に〈事こと〉を迫せまるto press someone to do something
上じょう司しに辞じ表ひょうの撤てっ回かいを迫せまった。
I pressed my boss to withdraw his resignation letter.
危き機きが迫せまるfor a crisis or danger to be approaching
会かい社しゃに経けい営えい危き機きが迫せまっている。
A management crisis is looming over the company.
〈人ひと〉に返へん答とうを迫せまるto press someone for an answer or response
記き者しゃたちが政せい治じ家かに返へん答とうを迫せまった。
The reporters pressed the politician for a response.

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万ばん感かん胸むねに迫せまるbe overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; be filled with deep emotion
命めい旦たん夕せきに迫せまるto be on the brink of death; to be at death's door

近ちかづくN3sense 1
近づく is a neutral verb for approaching physically or temporally, while 迫る adds a sense of urgency or inevitability.
詰つめ寄よる sense 2
詰め寄る means to press someone aggressively face-to-face, a stronger and more physical act than the transitive 迫る.
接せっ近きんN2sense 1
接近する is a formal, neutral term for drawing near, whereas 迫る carries a stronger feeling of pressure or threat.
要よう求きゅうN3sense 2
要求する is a general, often written or formal way to demand something, while 迫る implies urgent, face-to-face pressure.

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肉にく薄はく
迫る is a general verb for approaching or pressing that can be used for time, distance, or demands, while 肉薄 specifically conveys an intense, close-range pressing, often competitive or aggressive.
押おすN5
押す can describe pressing someone toward agreement, while 迫る more strongly implies urgently demanding or closing in on someone.
差さし掛かかるN2
迫る conveys a sense of urgency or closeness bearing down (like a deadline or a cliff looming), while 差し掛かる more neutrally marks reaching a point in space or time.
追おい上あげるN1
迫る conveys drawing near or pressing close in a broader sense, while 追い上げる is used specifically for a pursuer steadily closing a competitive gap.

遠とおざかるN1sense 1
遠ざかる means to move away or recede, the opposite of 迫る's sense of drawing near.

迫るUsage91%
- せまる
  Standard kanji form; high-frequency in news and general use.
- せる
  out-dated reading
せまるUsage9%
逼せまるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
せる
out-dated reading

The kanji 迫 conveys 'pressing' or 'urging'. The reading せまる is native Japanese; the obsolete reading せる is listed but no longer common.