追い込む · godan verb (-mu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 追い込む | 追い込まない |
| Polite | 追い込みます | 追い込みません |
| Past polite | 追い込みました | 追い込みませんでした |
| Past | 追い込んだ | 追い込まなかった |
| Te-form | 追い込んで | 追い込まないで |
| Desire | 追い込みたい | 追い込みたくない |
| Potential | 追い込める | 追い込めない |
| Passive | 追い込まれる | 追い込まれない |
| Causative | 追い込ませる | 追い込ませない |
| Causative passive | 追い込ませられるalso 追い込まされる | 追い込ませられないalso 追い込まされない |
| Volitional | 追い込もう | |
| Polite volitional | 追い込みましょう | |
| Imperative | 追い込め | 追い込むな |
| Conditional | 追い込めば | 追い込まなければ |
| Tara conditional | 追い込んだら | 追い込まなかったら |
godan verb (-mu), transitive verb
Physical movement: forcing people or animals into a confined area or desired direction.
The police herded the crowd into a corner of the square.
The dog drives the sheep into the pen.
godan verb (-mu), transitive verb
corner; force into a situation
Metaphorical extension: putting someone in a difficult position with no escape, or compelling them to do something.
He cornered his opponent with a barrage of questions.
Debt drove him to suicide.
godan verb (-mu), transitive verb
push oneself; make a final effort
Often used in sports or work contexts for a last spurt or intense effort, sometimes with 自分を or as an intransitive-like usage.
He pushed himself hard in the last kilometer of the marathon.
I crammed hard just before the exam.
godan verb (-mu), transitive verb
run on (printing)
Technical printing term: to continue text without a line break, or to set type solid.
Please set this paragraph solid (without line breaks).
godan verb (-mu), transitive verb
have two strikes (baseball)
Baseball term: to get two strikes against a batter, putting them in a difficult count.
The pitcher got two strikes on the batter.
They herded the sheep into the pen.
Before the competition, he pushed himself hard in training every day.
The pitcher got two strikes on the batter.
That question put him in a very difficult spot.
The economic crisis drove many companies into a tough spot.