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押し寄せる

JLPT N1

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

Details

Part of speech
Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb
Romaji
oshiyoseru

Example sentences

tsunami ga kaigan ni oshiyosete, ooku no kaoku ga nagasareta.

The tsunami surged toward the coast and swept away many houses.

nami ga oshiyooseru oto ga kikoeru

I can hear the sound of the waves crashing.

ōnami ga totsuzen kaigan ni oshiyose, yūeikyaku ga hinan shita.

A huge wave suddenly surged toward the coast, and swimmers evacuated.