押
押

push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

8 strokesFrequency 789JLPT N2Grade 8

On

オウ

Kun

お.すお.し-お.っ-お.さえるおさ.える

Nanori

おしおすおや

Dictionary

Common Words

押すおすGodan verbFreq #959
1

Transitive verb

to push; to thrust; to shove

Examples
シャッターを押してくれますか。
Could you press this button?
2

Transitive verb; Also written as 圧す

to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to exert pressure on

3

Transitive verb; Also written as 捺す

to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal)

Examples
その箱には製造者の証印が押してある。
The box bears the stamp of the manufacturer.
4

Transitive verb

to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

5

Transitive verb

to push (someone for something); to press; to put pressure on (someone)

6

Transitive verb; Usu. in the passive; also written as 圧す

to overwhelm; to overpower; to put (someone) under pressure; to be superior to

7

Intransitive verb

to push ahead (with a policy, plan, etc.); to proceed; to stick to

8

Transitive verb; As ...を押して...

to do ... in spite of ...; to defy; to brave; to push aside

9

Transitive verb

to make sure

10

Intransitive verb

to fall behind schedule

11

Intransitive verb; Go (game)

to push; to extend one's stones forward by pushing against opponent’s stones

押さえる押えるおさえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #1590
1

Also written as 圧さえる

to pin down; to hold down; to press down; to hold in place; to hold steady

Examples
このはしごをしっかり押さえてくれ。
Hold this ladder steady.
2

to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)

3

to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest

Examples
警察はその強盗の首を押さえた。
The police seized the robber by the neck.
4

to grasp (a point); to comprehend

Examples
私は彼が私の悪口を言っているところを押さえた。
I caught him speaking ill of me.
5

to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain

押し付ける押しつけるおしつけるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #3300
1

to press against; to push against; to force against

Examples
先月の日直当番全部私に押し付けた形でエスケープした野郎だ。
He's the pest that, on last month's class-help day, escaped leaving me with all the work.
2

to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

押し込む押しこむおしこむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3975
1

Intransitive verb

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into

Examples
ピストルを持った男が彼をせきたてて車に押し込んだ。
A man with a gun urged him into the car.
2

to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

押し寄せるおしよせるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #4272
1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

Examples
ダムが切れて流域に大水が押し寄せた。
The dam gave way and sent a great flush of water down the valley.
押し倒す押倒す押したおすおしたおすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6021
1

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

Examples
彼は車に押し倒された。
He was knocked over by the car.
押さえつける抑えつける押えつける押さえ付ける押え付ける抑え付けるおさえつけるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6025
1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down

Examples
他人の意見を押さえつけることはできても、自分の発言がどんな結果に結びつくかを想像できていない。
Even if the opinions of others can be suppressed, I cannot imagine to what results my speech may lead.
2

to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

押し殺すおしころす圧し殺すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6332
1

to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death

2

to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice); to hold (one's breath)

押し当てる押しあてるおしあてるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6521
1

to push (something) against

Examples
彼は壁に耳を押しあてた。
He pressed his ear against the wall.
押し出す押出すおしだすGodan verbFreq #6545
1

Transitive verb

to crowd out; to push out; to squeeze out

Examples
私は押し出された。
I was crowded out.
2

Intransitive verb

to start together; to set out en masse

3

Transitive verb

to highlight; to draw attention to

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