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催促さいそく

さいそく saisoku Play N2 Noun Suru verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

相手に行動や対応をするよう、強く求めること。特に、借金の返済を求めること。 request; demand; claim; urge (action); press for

Example 1

しびれを切きらして借金しゃっきんの催促さいそくをした。

He impatiently asked for repayment.

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Example 2

まさかリアルに借金しゃっきんの催促さいそくだったの？

No way, is this really a debt collection call?

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Kanji breakdown

促

N1

stimulate; urge; press; demand; incite

On reading
ソク
Kun reading
うなが.す
Radical
人

催

N1

sponsor; hold (a meeting); give (a dinner)

On reading
サイ
Kun reading
もよう.す、もよお.す
Radical
人
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催し

N2

もよおし

event; festivities; function

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主催

N1

しゅさい

organization; sponsorship

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促す

N1

うながす

to urge; to press; to suggest; to demand; to stimulate; to quicken; to incite; to invite (attention to)

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促進

N1

そくしん

promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

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催す

N1

もよおす

to hold (a meeting); to give (a dinner); to feel; to show signs of; to develop symptoms of