Compound verbs#11,826 most used

押し寄せる

おしよせる4

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to surge forward

ITS KANJI

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IN A SENTENCE

多おおくの観光かんこう客きゃくがその島しまに押おし寄よせた。

A lot of tourists invaded the island.

from Tatoeba

MEANING

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

ichidan verb · intransitive

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 押し寄せる this one meaning.

DETAILS

Kind複合動詞, compound verbs

Frequency#11,826 most used

Written押し寄せる only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium