Kanji

押

押

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

扌部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

オウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おす, おし-, おっ-, おさえる, おさえる

Nanori (Name Reading)

おし

Common Readings

オウ, お…さえる, お…す

Example sentences

押す おす
非常 ボタン を 押す と 、 アラーム が 鳴ります 。

When you press the emergency button, the alarm will sound.

ボタン ボタン
呼鈴 の ボタン を 押す と 、 奥 から 店員 が 出てきた 。

When I pressed the doorbell button, a shop assistant came out from the back.

押さえる おさえる
風 で 帽子 が 飛ばされない ように 手 で 押さえた 。

I held my hat with my hand so it wouldn't be blown away by the wind.

押しつける おしつける
彼 は 自分 の 考え を 他人に 押しつける 傾向 が ある 。

He tends to force his ideas on others.

押し付ける おしつける
彼 は 自分 の 意見 を 他人 に 押し付ける 傾向 が ある 。

He has a tendency to force his opinions on others.

一方的 いっぽうてき
彼 は 自分 の 意見 を 一方的に 押し付けてきた 。

He forced his opinion on me one-sidedly.

押し込む おしこむ
荷物 を 無理やり スーツケース に 押し込んだ 。

I forced the luggage into the suitcase.

押し寄せる おしよせる
群衆 が 駅 の ホーム に 押し寄せた 。

A crowd surged onto the station platform.

軍勢 ぐんぜい
城門 の 前 に 、 圧倒的 な 数 の 軍勢 が 押し寄せている 。

An overwhelming number of troops are surging toward the castle gate.

押し倒す おしたおす
力士 は 相手 を 土俵 の 外 に 押し倒した 。

The wrestler pushed his opponent down outside the ring.

Example Vocabulary

押す

おす

to push; to press

押さえる

おさえる

to hold down; to suppress; to restrain; to grasp

押しつける

おしつける

to press; to force (something on someone)

押し付ける

おしつける

to press; to force (something on someone); to push

押し込む

おしこむ

to push in; to force into; to squeeze in

押し寄せる

おしよせる

to surge; to flock; to push toward

押し倒す

おしたおす

to push down; to push over

押さえつける

おさえつける

to pin down; to hold down; to suppress

押し殺す

おしころす

to suppress; to stifle; to stifle one's voice

背中を押す

せなかをおす

to encourage; to give a push; to help someone make a decision

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