急かす

せかす
to hurry
to urge on

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せかす【急かす】

( ⇒ せきたてる )

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|自|〔…を〕突く〔at， in〕；〔事を〕せかす〔at， into〕.

|他|…を〔…するように/…から〕駆り立てる， せかす〔to do， into(doing)/from〕

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|他|(むちなどで打って)…をせかす.

▲I don't want to rush you， but let's try to catch the next bus. せかしたくはないけれど， 次のバスに乗ろうよ.

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せかす【急かす】

hurry (up); rush; press; urge [《口》 egg] sb on; pressure; pressurize. [⇒いそがせる, せきたてる]

●そんなにせかすなよ. Don't rush me. | Stop rushing me.

・お前がせかすから失敗したじゃないか. The reason I made a mess of it is that you kept pressuring me [rushing me, telling me to hurry].

・(昼飯を)せかされて食べたから, 何を食べたかわからん. I was being forced to eat quickly [eating under pressure], so I don't know what I had.

・木枯らしに舞う落ち葉にせかされるように, 山里では冬支度が始まった. In the mountain villages winter preparations have begun, as though the scurrying leaves were urging them on.