追及 (Tsuikyuu) is a Japanese noun meaning “investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcatching up; overtaking
Examples
追及されて、つい、見え透いた嘘をついてしまった。
I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.
会議で川添さんの追及を受けて、冷や汗ものだったよ。
When Kawazoe pinned me down at the meeting, I broke out in a cold sweat.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).