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押し寄せる

おしよせる

Readings

おしよせる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vito 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

Kanji breakdown

押
N48 strokesGrade 8
寄
N411 strokesGrade 5

Example sentences

ダムが切れて流域に大水が押し寄せた。

The dam gave way and sent a great flush of water down the valley.

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押し寄せるおしよせる

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.)

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