Vocab Info
N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
追及investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down, catching up, overtaking
Dictionary Definition
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1.
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
2.
catching up, overtaking
All Forms
追及 【ついきゅう】
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会社は責任の所在を追及するべきだ。
The company should investigate where the responsibility lies. {investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down, catching up, overtaking}
警察は容疑者を追及するために尋問をしている。
The police are questioning the suspect in order to pursue their investigation. {investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down, catching up, overtaking}
犯行の動機を追及したいが、犯人が死んでしまった。
I want to investigate the motive of the crime, but the perpetrator has died. {investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down, catching up, overtaking}
責任を追及しないとは…だからあの会社はダメだと言われるのだ。
"Not pursuing responsibility... That's why people say that company is no good." {investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down, catching up, overtaking}
消防士達は火災現場で火事の原因の追及に追われていて忙しそうです。
The firefighters seem busy at the scene of the fire, being pressed to investigate the cause of the fire. {investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down, catching up, overtaking}
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