Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #773

urge, force, imminent, spur on

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

walk shinnyō

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

impressiveness; impact
threat; menace
tension; strain
spirit; soul
persecution; oppression
pressure
close attack
mortar
pressure; urgency
realistic; true to life

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to approach; to draw near
to be imminent; to be impending

Example sentences

The twilight came on.

The appointed day is close at hand.

I am not in the least afraid of his threats.

This answer almost amounts to a threat.