Keyword
urge
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1373
Readings
そく
(16%)
Composed of
thin person
foot
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
to call a person's attention (to)
sales promotion
urge; demand; importunity
demand note; dunning letter (note)
forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.); artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)
accelerant; stimulant
promotion of growth
strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)
dun; letter requesting money, etc.
geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)
to urge (somebody) to reflect sincerely
to accelerate development
refusal to leave
growing urgent; becoming distressful
nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
necessary reminder
Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law
acceleration ratio
Examples (17 in total)
The teacher urged the students to answer more clearly.
She prodded him to work harder.
He urged her to drive carefully.