追及ついきゅう

tsuikyū

gaining on; carrying out; solving (crime)

Example sentences

  1. 追及されて、つい、見え透いた嘘をついてしまった。

    I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.

  2. 会議で川添さんの追及を受けて、冷や汗ものだったよ。

    When Kawazoe pinned me down at the meeting, I broke out in a cold sweat.

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