Japanese

せる

おしよせる
Meaning: to surge; to flock; to push toward
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 押し寄せる 押し寄せない
Polite 押し寄せます 押し寄せません
Past 押し寄せた 押し寄せなかった
Polite + Past 押し寄せました 押し寄せませんでした
Te-form 押し寄せて 押し寄せなくて
Potential 押し寄せられる 押し寄せられない
Passive 押し寄せられる 押し寄せられない
Causative 押し寄せさせる 押し寄せさせない
Imperative 押し寄せろ 押し寄せるな

Handwriting

押
し
寄
せ
る

Example sentences

A crowd surged onto the station platform.
城門の前に、圧倒的な数の軍勢が押し寄せている。
An overwhelming number of troops are surging toward the castle gate.
押し寄せる波を必死に押し返した。
I desperately pushed back the surging waves.
台風の影響で海岸に大波が押し寄せている。
Due to the typhoon, big waves are surging onto the coast.
滔天の勢いで波が押し寄せてきた。
The waves came surging with overwhelming force.

Usage Notes

Used when a large group of people or things (like waves) move forward with force.

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