Vocabulary
追及
ついきゅう
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down
noun
suru-verb
vt
N1
freq #5
Example sentences
追及(ついきゅう)されて、つい、見え透(みえす)いた嘘(うそ)をついてしまった。
I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.
会議(かいぎ)で川(かわ)添(そ)さんの追及(ついきゅう)を受(う)けて、冷や汗(ひやあせ)ものだったよ。
When Kawazoe pinned me down at the meeting, I broke out in a cold sweat.