駆け込み
Meanings
rushing in; running into; rushing aboard
Physical act of rushing into a place or vehicle; very common in compounds such as 駆け込み乗車, where someone rushes onto a train at the last moment.
Rushing onto a train at the last moment is very dangerous.
last-minute rush; rush just before a deadline
Used for people suddenly acting just before a deadline, price change, tax increase, closing time, and similar cutoffs; often appears before another noun, as in 駆け込み応募 or 駆け込み需要.
Applications increased in a last-minute rush before the deadline.
The store was crowded because of last-minute demand before the tax increase.
Usage patterns
- 駆け込みで〈動詞〉to do something in a last-minute rush
I filed the application in a last-minute rush right before the deadline.
- 駆け込み需要が〈動詞〉last-minute demand rises/surges
Demand surged in a last-minute rush before the consumption tax hike.
- 〈場所〉に駆け込みが〈動詞〉rushes into a place happen one after another
Just before closing time, people kept rushing into the store one after another.