Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
迫る
English translation:
Deep dive, reveal, unravel (the mystery), get to the bottom of
Added to glossary by
casey
Jan 14, 2022 14:41
2 yrs ago
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Japanese term
迫る
Japanese to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
I often see this used in the titles of interviews or special features. Every time I spend 15 minutes on this one word trying to think of a catchy way to translate it. I'm hoping to get some ideas here for a glossary entry that I can go back to in the future.
Here are some quick examples from Google of what I mean:
北条氏の本質に迫る
宮坂英弌氏の素顔に迫る
記憶のメカニズムに迫る！
突撃レポート ソーラーシステムの謎に迫る！
Here are some quick examples from Google of what I mean:
北条氏の本質に迫る
宮坂英弌氏の素顔に迫る
記憶のメカニズムに迫る！
突撃レポート ソーラーシステムの謎に迫る！
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | Deep dive |
Yuki Okada
|
| 5 +1 | reveal |
allearz
|
| 5 | to approach; to draw near; to be imminent |
HeriListon
|
| 3 | unravel |
peter arnout
|
| 3 | get to the bottom of |
Port City
|
Change log
Jan 19, 2022 14:14: casey Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
Yuki Okada
Canada
Canada
Native in Japanese
Canada
Engineering translator
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
Deep dive
What came to my mind first was "deep dive."
Note from asker:
| That's a good one! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you everyone. These should help the brainstorming next time I see the word."
4 hrs
peter arnout
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium
Getting Better all the Time
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, French to Dutch, Dutch to English, and 5 more.
unravel
unravel (the myster) (the system) (the quality or nature) ...
Note from asker:
| Another good one! |
+1
22 hrs
reveal
迫る means like approaching to somethinig but with one's intention to "reveal" what's in there, i.e. truth, secret, hot news, etc.
Example sentence:
マイケルジャクソンの死の謎に迫る！
1 day 5 mins
HeriListon
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Freelancer
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Javanese) 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English, English to Indonesian
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent
迫る is Godan verb with ru ending, Intransitive verb
Reference:
2 days 6 hrs
get to the bottom of
I think the first two suggestions are good. I just want to add "get to the bottom of" for finding out a true reason/cause for a bad situation; it can be used when translating somehting like 事件/病気の真相に迫る.
Note from asker:
| Good one |
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