Gripping in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishSo exciting that you cannot stop reading.

Definition in Japanese面白くて、読むのをやめられない様子。

Example sentences

• 読(よ)んでた本(ほん)にすっかり引(ひ)き込(こ)まれて、降(お)りる駅(えき)を乗(の)り過(す)ごしちゃった。🔊

  The book was so gripping that I missed my stop.

• 出(で)だしはゆっくりなんだけど、最後(さいご)の百(ひゃく)ページはもう一気(いっき)に引(ひ)き込(こ)まれるよ。🔊

  It starts slowly, but the last hundred pages are really gripping.

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