踏み込む

ふみこむ
to step into (someone else's territory)
to break into
to raid

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ふみこむ【踏み込む】

**step

|自|〔…に〕踏み入れる〔in〕.

|他|〖D〗 (足)を踏み入れる

step foot into a room 部屋に足を踏み込む

*raid

|他|(警察が)…を急襲する.

¶ → 踏み込むことのできない密林

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ふみこむ【踏み込む】

1 〔踏み入る〕 step into 《a bog》; 〔土の中へ〕 tread in; 〔侵入する〕 rush [break] into…; 〔(賭場などを)襲う〕 (make a) raid on….

●踏み込めない森林[沼地] an impenetrable forest [swamp]

・泥の中に踏み込む step into the mire

・片足を穴に踏み込む catch one's foot in a hole

・アクセルを踏み込む step [press] down on the accelerator (pedal)

・警察に踏み込まれる be raided by the police.

2 〔物事の核心に迫る〕 get [come] to grips with…; get to the nub of 《a problem》.

●問題の解決に一歩踏み込む get [move] a step closer to solving the problem

●事件の解明にはさらに踏み込んだ調査が必要だ. A more in-depth investigation will be required to shed light on the incident.

・事故の報告書は個人の責任までは踏み込まなかった. The report on the accident didn't go as far as to raise the question of individual responsibility.